Saturday, December 24, 2016

Rainbow Scraps on Christmas Eve

Let's just get the true confessions part of the blog post over with--I was wrong and the Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilters were right! Last week I posted photos of my 2016 RSC blocks along with fabrics I was considering for sashing those blocks. Several readers left comments suggesting that scrappy sashing might be a better option, especially on such a scrappy quilt. YOU WERE RIGHT!! I guess I was just trying to take the easier way out, but once I started cutting 2" strips of assorted backgrounds and putting them on the wall, I could see that it was the right choice.



All my blocks for this quilt are joined into rows along with the sashing strips. The sashing and cornerstones rows are not sewn together yet, they are just placed on the design wall to check the spacing of colors. There are two more rows of blocks below these that you can't see in the photo.

I would love to get this quilt top finished by the end of the year. We aren't travelling for Christmas, so there should be some stretches of time for quilting. This quilt will end up using 30 blocks, and I have enough blocks left for one or two smaller quilts too. Who knows how much might get done before the end of 2016!

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. 

WISHING EVERYONE A SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!

Julie in GA

14 comments:

  1. These blocks turned out beautiful, Julie. Have a great holiday season. Can't wait to see what happens in 2017.

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  2. The scrappy sashing is wonderful! Merry Christmas and wishing you lots of holiday sewing time!

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  3. It is going to be gorgeous!! Merry Christmas !

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  4. Scrappy sashing was a GREAT choice!! Sending you Christmas wishes for sewing time. Enjoy the Holidays!!

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  5. Fantastic!
    Happy sewing and Merry Christmas!

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  6. The scrappy sashing is perfect! Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and plenty of time for stitching!

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  7. The scrappy sashing is perfect. Hope you can find some stitching time over the holiday to finish this one. Have a very Merry Christmas!

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  8. What a wonderful scrappy quilt. I love it! Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

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  9. Such a colorful quilt. You have a winner there. Merry Christmas.

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  10. This is going to be a beautiful scrap quilt. Hope you find time to stitch before the year end.

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  11. That is beautiful - the scrappy sashing just adds the the beauty!!! LOVE it!

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  12. Beautiful! I love your block choice. It is new to me. Looking forward to RSC17 when it is announced. Happy quilting.

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  13. Where are you in GA? I'm in Middle GA, just south of Macon

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