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Saturday, February 3, 2018

Not Ready for Purple

Our color assignment for February at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is purple and lavender, but I am not quite ready to stop playing with my light blue scraps. Last week I discovered five blue blocks that I had made more than four years ago, and I decided it was way past time to do something with them. Here are the original blocks.
Blocks from 2013

 I pulled out my drawers of 1.5", 2" and 2.5" blue strips and began cutting and piecing more blocks. I ended up with a total of 20 blocks which each finish at 10". They have all been joined together into this little quilt top.
Baby Blue Boxes, 40.5" x 50.5"
This certainly wasn't a challenging project for me, but sometimes it's a nice break to pull together something quick and easy. It felt especially satisfying to put those old blocks to good use. I'm hoping to get this quilted and finished in the near future so I can donate it as part of the Hands2Help 2018 Challenge at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

 On a separate note, I shared photos of all three of my Scrappy Trips tops in this post a few days ago. This is the third top, which was made from my leftover blocks after making one top in warm colors and the second from all cool colors. 


I am linking up with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge on Saturday and at Oh Scrap! over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday. Be sure to check out all of the wonderful projects that everyone is sharing! 
Julie in GA
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17 comments:

  1. KatieFebruary 3, 2018 at 8:16 AM

    The blue quilt is great and sure looks like a scrap eater! (Exactly what we want, right?) I might have to keep that one in mind... The scrappy trips is gorgeous!

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  2. KarenFebruary 3, 2018 at 8:24 AM

    Very pretty quilts. I really like the blue one.

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  3. EllenFebruary 3, 2018 at 8:55 AM

    Your quilts look great. :) Quick and easy is good!

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  4. Angie in SoCalFebruary 3, 2018 at 10:02 AM

    Two wonderful quilts. Congrats

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  5. IvaniFebruary 3, 2018 at 10:10 AM

    Two beautiful quilts Julie. Very well done!!

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  6. Kathy's A QuilterFebruary 3, 2018 at 1:15 PM

    these quilts are fabulous. Bravo on pulling out the marinating blue blocks and getting them ready to be wrapped around a baby. Love what quilters do.

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  7. Katie Z.February 3, 2018 at 3:25 PM

    Your quilts are gorgeous.

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  8. CathyFebruary 3, 2018 at 3:52 PM

    You are right! Every once in awhile a girl needs an easy quickie! Those are unusual blocks but they make for a nice quilt. Looks like a good one for H2H.

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  9. AngieFebruary 3, 2018 at 4:02 PM

    Love how the Baby Blue Boxes turned out; it IS satisfying to have a simple project from time to time! Great to see more Scrappy Trip blocks - I definitely have them on the brain this week!

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  10. scraphappyFebruary 3, 2018 at 4:19 PM

    What a sweet blue top. Great use of your scraps!

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  11. ShelinaFebruary 3, 2018 at 8:22 PM

    Both of these are wonderful projects. I really like the blue boxes - it makes a superb quilt. Your scrappy trips does have purple in it.

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  12. The Joyful QuilterFebruary 3, 2018 at 9:42 PM

    I need more simple patterns for my own donation quilt making. Did you use a published pattern for that adorable box quilt? Great job on that Scrappy Trips top made of warm and cool leftovers. You even managed to use some PURPLE!!

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  13. gayleFebruary 4, 2018 at 11:18 AM

    Those boxes look like fun to play with! What a nice hug that quilt will be!
    And I love that bright Scrappy Trips! All three of those quilts are beautiful!

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  14. Cynthia Brunz DesignsFebruary 4, 2018 at 3:03 PM

    Your soft blue quilt top is amazing. It makes me want to start pulling scraps! Thanks(?) For sharing with Oh Scrap! Hope you get to your purple scraps soon.

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  15. Alycia~QuiltygirlFebruary 4, 2018 at 4:58 PM

    Oh I am glad you kept working on blue - that top turned out great

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  16. JenniferFebruary 5, 2018 at 8:59 PM

    Great blues for that top!

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  17. KateFebruary 6, 2018 at 7:38 AM

    You've done really well at using up orphan blocks and finishing off UFOs the last few years. Congrats on getting the last 2017 trippy blocks into a quilt. Both scrappy projects turned out beautifully.

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