EDIT: We ran out of candy last night after having 85 Trick or Treaters at our door - all by 7:15 on a rainy cold night. Yikes! I'll need to plan for more next year I guess.
One more RSC quilt top is currently in the hands of a quilter, so there will be some binding to do in a week or so.
This is one of 3 quilts I've made with the 12" and 6" churn dash blocks. Each of the blocks contains a novelty print paired with a solid color. Such fun blocks to make. They began with making these blocks for a guild baby quilt project, and I just got carried away and couldn't stop making them. It will make a good donation quilt.
Since my machine was already threaded with black for another project, this was the perfect RSC set of blocks to pull out to work on yesterday. These Dresden Plate blocks will have black blanket stitching around the edges of the blades and that corner. I got 9 of them stitched down before running out of bobbin thread. Once I have a couple more bobbins wound I'll get back to the blanket stitching.
I made quite a few of these Dresden Plate Fan blocks the first few months for RSC, but then they were mostly neglected - probably because I had too many block sets going at the same time. Also, the blocks were not hanging in the closet like the other current blocks, but were in the project box with the grey background and the black for the corners. A few loose random blades were in the box too. But no green, orange, or purple Dresden blades had been cut, so those colors need some attention.
Maybe I can finish the blocks by the end of 2025. According to the notes I left in the project box with the blocks, my plan was to make 3 blocks in 8 different colors and lay them out on point. I guess we'll see what happens, right?
What other fun projects are happening in the RSC world?
Good for you for writing down what you planned to do with the dresdens. Recently I found a project cut with no notes as to what it's for, no pattern mentioned. Shame on me!
ReplyDeleteI love the Dresden project - glad to see it out again! The churn dash quilt is fun, too. A rainbow of scrappy color is always my favorite kind of quilt! Your number of trick-or-treaters was amazing - we had 5 kids and were so happy to see them because it was 5 more than last year!
ReplyDeleteThe dresden plate blocks are so very pretty ! The Churn dash blocks are a fav of mine, too!
ReplyDeleteTrying to anticipate trick or treaters is very, very hard. One year we get slammed and run out of candy. The next year we buy extra and don't even give out half of what we bought. The churn dash will be a fun donation quilt. Those Dresden blocks are really cool, that's going to be a beautiful quilt.
ReplyDeleteAlways good to leave notes on the original plan! I need to start doing that with my collections. I really like those fans and it will be fun to see them continue.
ReplyDeleteThe blanket stitch was the perfect finish for your fans. Good for you for leaving a note to yourself and making it clear enough to understand months later.
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