So far I've only made a shallow dive into blue for my various on-going sets of Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks. But - my time at the sewing machine this week has "mostly" focused on blue in some form or another.
First on my list this week were these Churn Dash blocks. The centers were the 16-patch units I made back at the February retreat with 1.5" squares. So the Churn Dash blocks have come together quickly using the monthly color. Honestly - these 3 were all finished in about an hour one day. I think there are only 2 orange and 1 aqua 16-patch squares still in the project bag. There are currently 23 finished blocks, so I'm kind of aiming for 30 total, which means I'll need a few more of the 16-patch units eventually. That's OK because I have literally thousands of 1.5" squares in cookie tins.
Blue Shooting Star blocks were next on my agenda, along with 1 Kitty block. I also made 6 other scrappy Shooting Star blocks in other colors, along with 10 of the alternate blocks that the pattern calls for.
The alternate blocks will make easy scrap management as the colored parts are all cut from 2.5" strips. I actually sewed the 10 alternate blocks to 10 of the main blocks on Friday morning just to see how I like them, and scrappy definitely works well for these.
But my primary blue focus this week was the new Shibori Blues layer cake project. I had hoped to have the top together by today, but obviously I got distracted with other things this week and didn't get quite as far along as I thought I would. But hey - there has been good progress. All of the big blocks (42) are done, and pinned into rows ready to sew. I actually rearranged a few of the blocks after taking this photo but you get the idea.
About half of the HST blocks still need pressing and trimming, but they go into the outer border so I'm not too worried about that until they are needed. Once trimmed to 5" square they will become 20 big Flying Geese for that border.
I'm linking up today with RSC . . .
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love the shibori project...i too have been stuck in blues for a bit now, still a bit more to go...
ReplyDeleteGreat alternate block for the shooting stars. Does it have a name? Have a good weekend!
ReplyDeletePretty blues! Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteYou did make really good headway with your blue scraps. The shooting star quilt is going to be really neat when it's assembled. the Shibori Blues project is looking good too. It's just the end of the first week in June and you've done really well with the blue scraps. You still have lots of time to make a dent in those bins (Never seems to happen though does it?)
ReplyDeleteyour blue blocks are looking great!
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of pretty blues to work with! I was admiring your Shooting Star blocks when you shared them in an earlier post - but it's fun now to see the alternate blocks, too. That's going to be a neat design!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post filled with gorgeous blocks, Sara. And what wonderful blues you have to work with. Happy Stitching from me!
ReplyDeleteThey are all looking spectacular, especially Shibori Blues.
ReplyDeleteYour newest flimsy should look great it is a very interesting design!
ReplyDeleteShibori is going to be a wonderful quilt. Just love the contrast of the white against the blues.
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