March Rainbow Scrap Challenge - Purple

March's color for the rainbow scrap challenge is purple. 

I love purple, but purple can be hard with all of its different shades from reddish to bluish. 

Luckily, all of the rainbow quilts I am working on this year lend themselves to separating all of those different shades.

First up, my "birch tree" blocks.

My Medallion Log Cabin blocks.

My "made-fabric" wonky stars.

And finally, my flying geese blocks.

 

And since I had all of that purple out, I decided to whip up a quick comfort quilt top with it.  I pulled some fabric pieces that have been lingering in my stash forever.  One piece was leftover from a sundress I made for myself in 1992.  Seriously.  It was time to go.  I pulled some "ugly" fabric I couldn't see myself using anytime soon(dark purple tie dye)  and mixed in some pretty fabrics I adore (large purple flowers) and they just kinda work.  I also had some random white triangular cutoffs from another project that would work perfectly as wonky star points.  So I went with a quick and simple go to pattern.  I used up some stash, saved some fabric from the trash and make a purplicious quilt!  I hope to get it quilted up in the next couple of weeks.

And finally, my stash bee queen this month picked this Wanta Fanta block in purple for her block this month.  Lucky me!  I hopw she loves it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tracy

Feeling Blue

One of my quilty resolutions this year is to make a scrappy quilt a month, or 12 scrap quilts this year.  This is a huge resolution, I know, but I have a lot of scraps to use up.  And really scrap quilts are my favorite!

Well, Angela's Rainbow Scrap Challenge is perfect for this.  She picks a color every month for us to focus on.  January's color is blue.  I had 4 different scrap quilts floating around in my head that were just perfect for this challenge.  Focusing on just one color a month means that I am just doing a few blocks a month and by the end of the year I will have 4 whole quilts ready to put together.  Perfect!

Here are the blocks I came with....

Some scrappy log cabins.  I've made a quilt like this before and just LOVE it.  Since, I always have scraps of 2 1/2 inch strips, this may just be a quilt I make every year.

These bamboo looking blocks have been on my to-do list for a LONG time, ever since I saw Amanda's version over at Crazy Mom Quilts.  This is a perfect way to use up those tiny little crumbs. 

Wonky Stars using "made-fabric".  I can't throw ANYTHING away.  Sometimes when I just need some mindless sewing, I sit and sew tiny little scraps together and make slabs of fabric that I can then cut up and use however I want.  These stars just show off all that fun scrappiness.

And finally, these flying geese from The Best of Quilty.  They have been calling my name.

I am excited to be able to spend a little time with these blocks each month.  What color will February bring?

Thanks for stopping by,
Tracy