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Saturday, January 8, 2022

Scrappy fun in red

 Red is one of my favorite colors.  I feel good when I wear red, many touches of red show up around my house even when it isn't Christmas, and I can definitely get carried away when playing with my red fabrics.  So it's the perfect color to start the new year!


As you see I decided to make a 4th Falling in Love block. These sweet heart blocks are from The Pattern Basket.  The first 3 were made with scraps of prints, but this one was born when I saw an interesting red batik hiding in my batik stash. So I cut right into it.  A tulip block also happened!  I just couldn't resist playing more with this batik.  


I've been making Hourglass blocks from the triangles trimmed from the heart corners.  These are trimmed to 4" square.  And then I made a few littler ones with the leftovers.  And the small hearts are 4.5" square and also made from scraps.  


The 3 red hearts joined the small collection hanging out waiting to become something.  I think these will eventually make a good child's quilt.  But they are only 4.5" square so it will take a big bunch of these to make a quilt.  And they make good leader/ender blocks to just work on in between other things. 


One red Twinkle Star has also been assembled and joined the bunch hanging in the closet.  I think one more of these in red will happen over the weekend. 

I'm linking up with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge - RSC22:

10 comments:

  1. All of your red blocks are so nice. I especially like the Twinkle Star and just printed that pattern. I'm debating on whether I should start making some stars myself. I love the fabrics in yours.

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  2. Great minds think alike! I love your red twinkle star, and that batik at the top is lovely. Red is not my favorite color, but it does add some zing. Happy stitching!

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  3. I love red, too, and it looks like you have lots of fun reds to play with there! I love your collection of hearts, and aldo the Twinkle Star!

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  4. Pretty red blocks! Making blocks for a baby quilt later is a very good idea 👍

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  5. I love that Twinkle star block, beautiful!

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  6. so many pretty things... that heart with a red (hard to find)batik! LOVE twinkle stars too

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  7. Boy, did you ever have fun with RED for the RSC, Sara!! Do I spy a snow man with a RED scarf? I am SEW tempted by that Tulip Time block.

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  8. All you red blocks look lovely, you have made a great start to the RSC year.

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  9. Red is always such a fun color to sew with. Love your Twinkle Star block. That's one of my favorite blocks. I may have to revisit that one once I get the UFO list worked down a bit.

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  10. That Twinkle Star is a really cool block! It looks great in red.

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