Another week of playing with red

Everywhere I looked this week I saw red.  And I had a few finishes along with lots of block sewing this week - most featuring red. 

This photo is awfully dark . . . but you get a fair idea of real colors at least.  A couple of years ago I bought a kit for a casserole dish hotpad.  It had the fun salsa/tortilla chip print, a striped backing, the red, and the Insulbrite batting.  I finished that and still had leftover pieces of both the stripe and salsa print.  And voila - the leftovers worked great for 3 potholders made with other scraps. For the potholders I used the potholder pattern that came with the coffee print kit I bought last week in Sioux City.  The coffee potholder is done too. 

There was enough of this red with tiny stars in our Quilts of Valor bag to cut 2 sets of binding strips for the 2 quilts we have ready for binding.  A couple of group members have volunteered to bind these, so I wanted to get the strips cut for them.  That left just enough to cut squares for another Patriotic Star block for QOV.  When I went to put those squares in the box, I discovered 3 other block kits.

So, instead of just dropping the squares in there, I decided to sew all 4 blocks right away.  Two new red Patriotic Stars, and 2 new blue ones.  And the bonus is 8 new hourglass blocks (3.5") added to the block box too.  We probably have enough of the 12" star blocks for another quilt top. 

While looking through my Valentine fabrics, I found 3 charm squares that were perfect for more little heart blocks.  These are red and hot pink prints, and turned out pretty cute.  

I just may be getting tired of red now, and ready to play in some other colors.  Or maybe not. 

I'm linking up to Rainbow Scrap Challenge today:

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