More RWB

Happy Father's Day to the dads out there.  My own dad has been gone for more than 35 years already.  This picture was taken in 1959 at my grandparents' farm in Kansas.  I noticed my dad is hanging onto the leash so our little dog must have been with us on that trip. 

Saturday seemed like a good day to focus on RWB - mainly because I have a ton of parts cut for various QOV blocks, and I already had a LOT of RWB scraps hanging out near my cutting table.  So basically I just played.  Above the Gleam block in the photo above is the result of a little bit of play.  I used my Tri-Recs rulers, cutting the diamond from a folded piece of the flag fabric.  Then 2 sets of wings were added - 2 blue and 2 white.  Doing the math to figure out how a block is made is a lot of fun.  For now that diamond unit is hanging on my bulleting board waiting for inspiration.  

A few more RWB Ticker Tape blocks were sewn, and a few more parts cut for more.  There are 17 blocks ready to add to quilt top section I've begun, and parts cut for approximately 20 more of them.  These have been great Leaders/Enders.

The parts are cut for a few more RWB Buckeye Beauty blocks.  Our QOV group has made one Buckeye quilt in the past, and we had a few extra blocks.  So it's a good time to use up more scraps and start another quilt top.

The other RWB sewing that happened on Saturday was cutting 4 more sets of binding.  I used the red and white stripe from the box of fabric Nann sent me.  I love a striped binding and this is going to work great.  Three of those strips will be a perfect binding for the NASA themed doll quilt that has been waiting in the wings.  And I cut enough blue binding to use on a placemat that was an experiment with RWB versions of the Mardi Gras blocks I've been making for Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

I still need to put the binding back onto that RWB 60-degree runner from last week, but that shouldn't take long either.  Lots more binding in my future.  

Today I plan to clear up the RWB scraps so that next week my focus can shift next week to a couple of other projects - one new and one WIP.