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Saturday, November 21, 2015

Rainbows and Bowties

I am nearly done making bowtie blocks for my Rainbow Scrap Challenge project. This week I finished off the last 13 green bowties, plus some brown ones left over from October. There are still a few more brown blocks waiting to be stitched together. 


It's time for me to get serious about deciding how I am going to use all these bowties. I have been trying to keep track of my number of blocks made each month, and it looks like I have over 500 bowtie blocks completed! That would be enough for a good-sized bed quilt, or I could use them for two or three throw quilts. It doesn't look like very impressive in the photo, but there are 40-50 blocks in each stack.

Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge every Saturday and at Oh Scrap! over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday. 

Julie in GA
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14 comments:

  1. Magpie SueNovember 21, 2015 at 4:09 PM

    Holy cow! Are they six inch blocks or some other size? It would be a blast to put them all into one quilt!

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  2. gayleNovember 21, 2015 at 4:28 PM

    Wow! That's a lotta bowties!
    Can't wait to see what you decide to do. 8)

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  3. Frog QuilterNovember 21, 2015 at 4:50 PM

    Awesome. I recently put together 500 3.5 inch spool blocks. Made a nice size quilt. What size are yours?

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  4. Deb ANovember 21, 2015 at 7:08 PM

    Wowzer 0 that is a lot of blocks. Great job using up your scraps and I can't wait to see them in a quilt(s).

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  5. The Joyful QuilterNovember 21, 2015 at 9:27 PM

    Your green and brown bow ties look GREAT together!!

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  6. scraphappyNovember 22, 2015 at 6:37 AM

    So many blocks. Deciding how to put the together will be the fun part. If you make smaller quilts, each one can have a different layout.

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  7. JenniferNovember 22, 2015 at 7:40 AM

    oh, it's impressive, all right! now the fun begins!

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  8. CathyNovember 22, 2015 at 7:40 AM

    I like big quilts! Decisions, decisions. That's a lot of scrappy fun!

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  9. PaulaB quiltsNovember 22, 2015 at 1:24 PM

    Those piles of bow ties are definitely very impressive. Whatever you choose to do with them will be fun.

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  10. KateNovember 22, 2015 at 7:18 PM

    That's a lot of bow ties! Looking forward to seeing what you decide to do with all of them.

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  11. LIttle Penguin QuiltsNovember 22, 2015 at 9:50 PM

    Wow! 500 is amazing! That represents a lot of stitching! It will be fun ti see hiw they go together.

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  12. Cynthia Brunz DesignsNovember 23, 2015 at 12:04 PM

    Now the fun of choosing a layput begins. Your quilt will be lovely I am sure. Thanks for sharing all those cute tiny blocks with Oh Scrap!

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  13. SheilaNovember 27, 2015 at 3:57 AM

    That's a LOT of bow ties! So colorful. Looking forward to seeing them in a quilt or two.

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