RSC24 Week #11

What's going on in the RSC world this week?
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Binding has been happening around here, and it's great to check off 2 UFOs from the list.

Small Hearts was an RSC project over the past 2 years.  The hearts are 4.5" square, except for the one "open" heart.  This is an oversized crib quilt, and should make a good baby gift.  

Scrappiness Is Happiness (Lori Holt book) was a challenge project with our Sew Vintage group last year.  Each of us chose to participate however we chose, or not at all.  I replaced a couple of the blocks from the book and used duplicates of ones the same size.  I think the biggest challenge here was working with such a variety of blocks sizes, and then sashing sizes.  More of my 30s scraps and stash went into this.  The background is scrappy.  And I even did a scrappy binding, using up most of the leftover 30s print binding pieces from the drawer.  This is a big quilt (approx. 82 x 86), and I had a hard time finding a good spot for a photo.  The sun really washes out the colors. In reality it's bright and cheerful because of those 30s prints.

One more RSC quilt is nearly ready to bind, once I get it trimmed.  It has white Ohio Stars.  One of my goals today is to go through the leftover binding strip drawer again, and collect enough to make a scrappy binding.  If there aren't enough leftovers, then I'll dig into the stash to add a few more strips.  

But what about purple sewing this week?  There is a tiny purple finish . . . this birdy mug rug.  I believe this is a Pat Sloan pattern.  Last year I made a baby quilt using the birds and this block was left over.  It's just right for a mug rug at 8.5".

This is the Brighten block.  Each month I've made 2 of them using the RSC color, beginning in 2023.  It's a 10" block, so these will continue to accumulate until there are enough for a decent size quilt.

Night Vision is a block I saw online and just had to add to the RSC collection for this year.  So far I've made 3 green, 3 red, and now this purple one.  I can't stand throwing away triangles trimmed away, so each block ends up with bonus pinwheels to go with it.  This block has a partial seam, but it's quite easy to do since the pieces are fairly big at 3.5" by 6.5".

The parts are all cut for 2 more purple Night Vision blocks.  Hopefully I'll have these sewn over the weekend.  These are 9" finished blocks, so just like the Brighten blocks it will take quite a few to make a useful sized quilt.  There is no rush for these.