Saturday my post showed block #1 done for the It Takes Two wall hanging. Thankfully one of my readers noticed that there was an error, with the bottom half of a heart rotated wrong. Yesterday that "Oops" was easily remedied before I got any further. So a big Thank You goes out to the anonymous reader who saved me lots of work. My thought right now is that I may hang this up as a flimsy just through Valentine's Day and then I'll worry about the quilting and binding to completely finish it.
Something I probably will finish this week to use some of the scraps from this wall hanging is a little heart shaped mug rug. I made the one on the right several years ago from a pattern shared in our Sew Vintage group. What's funny is that my husband has been using it all this time on his office desk. I even picked up some pink rick rack at Hobby Lobby on Saturday after the granddaughter's swim meet.
The next month's color for Rainbow Scrap Challenge has been announced. BLUE - which is a color that is overly abundant in my stash, in the scrap bins, and in the UFOs living in my sewing room. I'm going to begin with seeing what blue UFOs can be moved to the next stage, and/or finished completely.
Twinkler was a project I worked on in 2024, making 2-3 blocks each month. In late November I had 28 blocks made, but then couldn't find where I had put the remaining jelly roll strips to make the last 2 blocks. Luckily those strips were found and have been hanging in the closet with the blocks. So my February goals will begin with getting this one to the flimsy stage. It has a scrappy white-on-white background and batik jelly roll strips in many shades of blue.
Another UFO with a lot of blue is this dinosaur themed Quick Strippee child's quilt. I have a project box with a couple of kits all cut and ready to go using this pattern. Getting this to the flimsy stage is pretty much a 1 day project, so this will also go onto my February list.
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8 comments:
Ooh -- all those Valentine's Day projects. I have one that I hadn't even thought about doing anything to it. I think my favorite is It Takes Two. Isn't it wonderful when readers mention a mistake? It sounds odd but it is so much better to get it taken care of in advance than after it's a top or quilted! Have a good week.
Oh, those hearts are growing -- love that pattern! Glad you could correct the mispiecing. Blue will be easy for RSC. Have a good week!
Your machine has been humming!
One more week of pink for you! Glad you got the heart all fixed up!
Sure why not enjoy a Valentine flimsy this year and then have the finish for next year;) It really is turning out super cute.
i love the it takes two....so festive for dreary winter
It Takes Two is an adorable small quilt! A great idea--put it on the wall now and enjoy, quilt it after Valentine's. And I'm with you--I have A LOT of blue! The dino fabrics are cute!!!
That heart quilt is lovely. Great pattern!
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