Saturday, January 4, 2025

2024 Rainbow Scrap Challenge Review

It's the first Saturday of 2025, and I haven't yet figured out a plan for my 2025 Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects. Before I worry about that, I'm going to look back at my projects for the RSC in 2024. It was my 12th year of participating in the RSC, and I have to start off by thanking Angela for continuing to host the challenge every year. I am also grateful for the encouragement and inspiration every week from the other quilters who participate in the RSC.

My RSC projects for 2024 included new projects plus a couple that carried over from previous years. That combination of new and old will also continue into 2025. For this wrap-up post, I'm going to start with the projects that were new in 2024, then work back through the older ones.

In looking back at my records from last year, I was somewhat surprised to discover that I started three new RSC projects in the very first week of the year. The first was the Birthday Quilt 2024 from Laundry Basket Quilts, a block-of-the-week series of patterns. I made my blocks using the RSC colors and alternating between light and dark backgrounds. After eight months, I decided to stop making more blocks, framed all the ones that were already made, and joined them together into a small quilt top in October.


Another sampler quilt was also started that first week of 2024. This one was the Hen & Chicks sampler, designed by our RSC hostess Angela. Each month I made four 6" blocks and four matching 3" blocks. You can see how Angela joined her blocks in this post. I decided to go with a different type of setting, and got all my blocks joined together into a top before the end of the year. 


The third new project that was started in the first week of the year was Hollow 9-Patch. I used 2.5" squares to make 6" blocks in the RSC color each month. These were great to have as a leader/ender project. I ended up with about 80 blocks by November, and I have been working on getting them joined together. The blocks and sashing on the left half are stitched together, and the rest are joined into columns.


The last new RSC project for 2024 was started in February. That was the "Terry" blocks, inspired by Terry Rowland's colorwash quilts, featured in her series of three YouTube videosThese scrappy little blocks will finish at 3". I have approximately 400 blocks made, and I need to go back and make some in colors I missed, plus add more to a few of the other colors. Here all are of the pink blocks from last May.


One of my 2024 RSC projects was a carry over from 2023. I had been making Rail Fence blocks all that year, and by the end of the year I had two quilt tops (see them in this post), plus an assortment of leftover blocks. I discovered that joining four blocks together made a pinwheel-type design. That led to making many more rail fence blocks, and by the end of the year I had one quilt top and one finished baby quilt.


I have one quilt top from 2024 that features our color of the month from July, which was the aqua/turquoise/teal family. I was inspired by a herringbone design from a Kleenex box, and used that inspiration plus a stack of blue-green fabric scraps to make a little baby quilt. I hoping to revisit the herringbone design this year.

One RSC project from 2023 was finished in 2024. I had taken a class in June, 2023, A Maze Zing with Candace Hassen. The original pattern produced blocks that finish at 16" x 24", but I scaled mine down a bit to 13.5" x 19.5". I made blocks using the RSC colors for several months in 2023, then finished them all off as placemats toward the end of 2024.

A Maze Zing blocks (before quilting)

My plans for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge in 2025 are still undecided, although I am determined to finish some of the many rainbow quilt tops hanging in the closet. It feels good to see that most of my 2024 RSC projects are either finished tops or very close to that point. I'll finish up the Hollow 9-Patches soon, and get back to the Terry blocks at some point. I look forward to another year of colorful, scrappy adventures!

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. 


Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

10 comments:

  1. really like your layout for hens and chicks and such wonderful projects

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  2. So many beautiful quilts from last year. I am in love with your placemats. Thank you for the link to the TQS show that features Candace. I love my TQS membership. I think the A-Maze-Zing pattern will be my leap into the 2025 RSC! Happy New Year!

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  3. I always look forward to reading your posts and seeing how you're approaching the RSC blocks.I'm especially interested in what you're going to do with your Terry Rowland blocks, and those Hollow Nine Patches would certainly use my stash of 2.5 " squares.

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  4. What a beautiful collection of rainbow quilts from the year! The variety of blocks that you included is an inspiration. I am sure some new idea will pop up for 2025, but it looks like finishing off a few more projects will be a great step forward.

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  5. So much scrappy fun! I love love that herringbone design!!

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  6. So much inspiration ! I’d forgotten about the AMazeZing blocks. I really like those. I’ve been thinking about rail fence block too. Now to get organized!

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  7. I agree - the hens and chicks layout is really nice! Those hollow 9 patches have a fun setting as well. Lots of pretty projects.

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  8. You are always such an inspiration! All your quilts are lovely, and I can’t wait to see what you’ll be working on this year!

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  9. I like the layout for the Hollow 9-patch blocks. I have Hollow 9-patches from RSC 203??? and I may just borrow your idea. I also like the setting you chose for the RSC sampler. Such good ideas.
    Pat

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  10. Love your Hen and Chicks layout. All of your RSC projects turned out beautifully. Looking forward to seeing what you decide to work on for 2025.

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