15 Minutes and Stash Report Sunday 2/4/18

Last week was one of those times when I felt the need to do some very simple piecing, and I ended up finishing the top for a little baby quilt. This started with five blocks made several years ago, and I cut and pieced many light/medium blue strips to make the rest of the blocks. Total fabric used 2.25 yards, and no new fabric added to the stash again!

Baby Blue Boxes, 40" x 50"

2018 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                2.25 yards

Used year to date:            5.50 yards

Added last week:                0.0 yards
Added year to date:         2.125 yards
Net used year to date:   3.375 yards

Kate's 15 Minutes to Stitch challenge at Life in Pieces has us tracking how many days each week we get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. Work is getting busy and likely to continue that way for a few weeks, but I still managed to get in 15 minutes every day. I'm maintaining my 100% success rate for another week!

15 Minute Challenge:  
1/28 - 2/3             7 of 7 days
2018 Total         34 of 34 days

Check out more stash reports at quiltpaintcreate, and join the 15 Minutes to Stitch challenge at Life in Pieces.

Julie in GA

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

Scrappy Saturday 10/5/13

This month's colors for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge are black and grey. Before I started pulling out my scraps of those colors, I needed to clear away the remaining blue scraps from last month. I still have a good sized stack of strips and squares sitting around. I ended up making some blocks in an attempt to use up at least a few of those scraps.

The blocks at the top of this photo were all made early in September. I had originally thought I might make a small quilt using the block at the upper left, which is a pattern called Peaches & Dreams by Judy Laquidara. I decided to adapt that pattern, which led to the group of blocks at the bottom. Those are what I made today. I like the way they look together, and might make enough additional blocks for a baby quilt.

I still haven't put away the rest of my light blue scraps, but I might start pulling out the black and grey anyway. I am linking up to the Rainbow Scrap Challenge--check it out every Saturday to see many great projects and ideas!

Happy quilting!

Julie in GA