RSC25 - Week #21

I think she likes her graduation quilt!!

My great-niece finally got to open the box with the graduation quilt I made for her.  The quilt was not an RSC project . . . but it is definitely an example of WHY we all quilt.  Her delight is written all over her face.  Yay!!!!   This young lady wants to be an equine veterinarian, and has been riding and competing in horse events since she was a toddler.  Now she's heading to college.  Where did the time go? 

The most important thing I accomplished this week was finishing the quilt top for Night Vision.  It's a flimsy!!  Time to celebrate another RSC project moving forward.  The Night Vision blocks began in 2024 for RSC, and continued into this year.  Actually the last one needed was made at the beginning of this month.  

I saw the Night Vision block online somewhere, but without any actual cutting or sewing instructions.  So I did the math myself.  The colored pieces in the Flying Geese are cut 3.5" by 6.5", the 5 dark squares are cut 3.5", and the 4 light squares are also 3.5"  One dark square is used for the center, and the rest are wings for the geese.  There is ONE partial seam, but this is a really easy block to make.  As long as the finished square sizes are half of the finished rectangle size, then this could be made in any size you want.  These blocks are 9.5" unfinished.  

The Night Vision blocks contain 4 Flying Geese units spinning around a center square.  Each block has 4 different color pieces.  The left wing on the geese was done with a black print, and the right wing has a white print.  I cut sets of these, so they match in each block.  But overall it's scrappy.  And I couldn't make myself throw away the corner trimmings, so a light and a dark pinwheel was made for each of these.  So - 30 Night Vision blocks and 60 Pinwheels were collected.  I used most of the Pinwheels in the border of the quilt, but the rest will possibly be used for a doll quilt or a placemat.  Waste not, want not!! 

Entwined Star blocks have been neglected the past couple of months.  But I've now added 2, both with green.  That makes a total of 11 so far.  These are 12" finished blocks, and I've used a medium scale floral in each one of them.  Some have white backgrounds, and some have cream backgrounds.  The rest are hanging on that hanger on the left.  

My new RSC block is the Give It a Whirl block (Riley Blake challenge), with a little adaptation of my own.  The designer is Melissa Mortenson, and she used 3 colors plus a background.  And her colored squares were cut at 6".  But I wanted to use leftover charm squares - so again I did the math.  And those background squares are cut half the size of the colored ones in my version.  Easy Peasy!  Also I've been using only 2 different colored ones so far, but could end up with 3 as I go forward with new colors.  Early in the month I did 3 green ones, but have since added 3 blue, 2 yellow, 2 pink, and now 2 red ones. I think these blocks are going to make a really cute quilt - eventually.   

Let's see what else is happening with RSC . . .
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