One of the items on this week's quilting to-do list was to finish up my entry for the January Table Scraps Challenge, hosted by The Joyful Quilter. My plan for this challenge is to continue making monthly placemats, which will later be donated to Meals on Wheels.
We start with scraps in the color of the month from the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, and this month was bright and dark green. We also had the suggested theme of "snowflakes," but I didn't include any in my placemat.
I started with a few green crumb blocks, using one for the center of the star. The other two were sliced in half to become part of the side borders. I even managed to find the dark green triangles for the star points in my box of leftover triangles.
The back is an oldie, "Nouveau" by Sentimental Studios for Moda, which I purchased for a class project around 2009. It's funny how I have no memory of where or when I bought some fabrics, but others like this one bring back very strong memories. I'm still enjoying using it all these years later.
I'll share a photo of my current RSC projects on this last Saturday of our month for green scraps. Strangely enough, almost all of them feature 6" blocks.
Top row: Laundry Basket Quilts Birthday Blocks
2nd row: RSC Hen and Chicks Sampler
Left side: Rail Fence Spinners
Right side: Hollow 9-Patch
Bottom right: Table Scraps placemat
I might end up with a couple more of the Rail Fence or Hollow 9-Patch blocks in green since we still have several more days before the end of the month (or I might just start in on next month's color of red.)
Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge every Saturday. I'm also linking up with the Table Scraps Challenge at The Joyful Quilter and Oh Scrap! over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday.
Happy quilting everyone!
Julie in GA
Julie, without snowflakes your placemat is still beautiful, and extra points for green on the back too! Jane
ReplyDeleteI'm really enjoying the new quilt you added to the title part of your blog. It's beautiful. Green is my favorite color, and I love all your green blocks for the rainbow challenge.
ReplyDeleteSo many pretty green fabrics. Isn't it interesting how some fabrics evoke strong memories and some you wonder, " why did I buy that one?" I really need to remember to find out if we have a Meals on Wheels program in our small city. We have a thriving Senior Center, but I'm not sure about Meals on Wheels.
ReplyDeleteThe placemat turned out well, lots of fun scraps in that quilt. It is funny how some scraps are so easy to identify, as to where they came from or what project they went into and others you wonder now where in the world did that come from?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your gorgeous GREEN placemat with the TABLE SCRAPS Challenge Link Party, Julie. There's nothing better than a super scrappy Star block project!!
ReplyDeleteLove your green scraps blocks, Julie and especially love the placemat, perfect with crumb block pieces!
ReplyDeleteLots of pretty green locks here
ReplyDeleteSo many shades of green! What fun blocks you created and I love the placemat.
ReplyDeleteLove, love all your greens but especially the half crumb blocks on your placemat! May I use your idea?!
ReplyDeleteLove your placemat and all those pretty green blocks! You've been busy!
ReplyDeleteYour placemat was the perfect finale for RSC Green! You managed to use lots of green for January. I'm still wishing I'd thought of RSC LBQ Birthday Blocks! Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteGreat projects and beautiful finishes!
ReplyDeleteVery nice star placemat, and great use of crumbs! I love the fabric on the back, too!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing array of beautiful green blocks! So many shades of green are represented there. Your placemat is super cute too!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteYou’ve made a great assortment of green blocks!
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