Friday, February 26, 2021

Yellow Finish

 My scrappy sort-of yellow churn dash quilt is finished and ready for donation. Each block has at least a little bit of yellow, the February RSC color. Our guild annually donates quilts to Hole in the Wall Gang camp which recently suffered a devastating fire. They hope to be able to rebuild and have modified camp sessions this year. With the camp closed last summer and now the fire, our guild is more motivated than ever to provide lots of fun quilts and pillow cases for the campers. I have several other quilts in the works, and I'm sure other guild members are inspired to work with their stash as well.


The finished quilt measures 45" x 54"


When quilting donation quilts, I've been using up some partial spools of Sulky thread that have been languishing in a box for years. This quilt received a stipple with the remainder of a yellow spool and some cream.


I happily cleared out some yellow, beige and tan fabrics for the backing.

Linking up with Sarah at Whoop Whoop and RSC.



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Saturday, February 13, 2021

Yellow Strings and Scraps

 I made surprisingly good progress with my yellow strings, scraps and crumbs this week.


I pulled strings that were at least 6.5" long and made these rectangles which finish at 6.5" x 9.5". I will add borders on two sides to make the blocks 9.5" square and alternate the orientation in the quilt. I'm thinking about bordering with a dark blue, but will audition some fabrics from my stash. I easily made 30 of these blocks without cutting into any larger yellow pieces.


I also made some yellow crumb blocks and I'm excited to see that my yellow scrap bin is much depleted.


Our guild had a virtual challenge: "Inspired by a Book Title". I decided to use wool applique to make this little wall hanging (19" x 20") inspired by The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, a YA book my daughter once read. It was fun to see all the creations during our virtual show-and-tell. Not quite as nice as admiring the pieces in person. but we happily had good participation. The wool applique house was inspired by designs in the book Wild Wool & Colorful Cotton Quilts by Erica Kaprow.

Linking up with RSC!

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Friday, February 5, 2021

Digging Into Yellows

Yellow is such a happy color! However, when I started digging through my stash, I found many more golds and tans than bright yellows. I thew them into the mix for my scrappy trip around the world blocks. 


The deep snowdrift on my back porch was a perfect background for the yellow.

I picked through my collection of scrappy churn dash blocks (made last spring) for any that contained some yellow. I then used some of my bigger yellow scraps to make some more blocks for a total of 20. They will combine for a nice donation quilt.

 

I also recently finished some donation quilts using bricks. Sometimes when I look at a pile of random fabrics I want to clear out, I find the 4" x 8" bricks are just the right size to use up strips from trimming the backs and other big-ish pieces. I have made this Free Brick Quilt Pattern a number of times.



This donation quilt finished at 40" x 56".

This collection of bricks featured sample fabrics from "Cats & Dogs" by Sarah Golden and Andover fabrics. The distribution of lights and darks did not seem suited to the staggered pattern, so I just alternated direction of two bricks sewn together.
 


A fun "Love the Earth" panel from Virginia Kraljevic and Windham Fabrics was perfect for the back. This donation quilt finished at 40" x 56".

Linking up with RSC at So Scrappy and Finish or Not Friday.

 

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