A Few More Scraps

This week I had the chance to work on a couple of other projects that were in my pile.  I stitched up four string blocks for Covered in Love.  These are for the October block drive.

These are fast and fun to make!  Kat said anything goes for color and fabric choices, so I had fun just pulling the strings out of my scrap basket and sewing away.  They finish at 10 1/2 inches.

I also used some of the Autumn Jubilee blocks I made last week to sew a fall mini quilt.

After sewing together the four blocks, I added 1 1/2 inch borders in the background fabric, layered it with a fun backing, and quilted it using edge to edge wavy lines.  The quilting reminds me of all the wind we've had here recently - which brought most of the leaves around here down into our yard!  Lots of raking has been done here this week, too!

Since I don't have a mini quilt stand for displaying little projects like this, I pinned it up in the corner of our bedroom, right next to my antique chair that holds the pillow I made out of the same fall fabrics.  I like it there!

That does leave one poor orphan maple leaf block still sitting on my cutting table.  But I don't think it will be alone for long!  I'm thinking it would be fun to make these blocks in all kinds of colors - my next Rainbow Scrap Challenge project, perhaps?  Hmmm...  So many ideas to consider!

Linking up with my favorite Sunday party - Oh Scrap! at Quilting is More Fun than Housework!