Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Friday, August 14, 2020

This week in purple

Wildfires have erupted in Colorado this week, and yesterday afternoon it seemed that our sky was looking a bit purple with all the smoke coming our way.  Fortunately, the actual fire is a long ways away.


But the purple scraps down in my sewing room are way more fun than that!  My main goal this week was to cut, sew, and trim the 24 HSTs that are needed for the August zigzag row.  And they are on the wall and ready to sew together!

Looking at this photo, I'm thinking I need to spread the lavendar blocks 
out and away from each other a bit more than they are right now.

Along the way I added several double four patches in purple to the collection - 


And four Easy Breezy blocks with purple in them.


Lots of fun things up on the design wall!


Sharing at SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday and 





25 comments:

Julierose said...

Just great purple zig-zags--;)) love that pattern...
Hope the wildfires stay far away from you...
hugs Julierose

Libby in TN said...

I really like the easy-breezy blocks. And the blue grunge background with your 4Ps.

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

Love your design wall - hope that fire stays a long ways away but I know it can sure darken the sky giving it an ugly scary look.

maggie fellow said...

beautiful work - hope the wildfires are contained soon.

The Joyful Quilter said...

The Design Hall looks SEW nice with the addition of your PURPLE scrappy blocks, Diann!!

Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana said...

Your purples are actually so cheery, Diann. I'm woefully lacking in that colour!

Gretchen Weaver said...

Love all the purples on your design wall! Hope there's a heavy rain soon that puts the fires out. Happy stitching!

LA Paylor said...

beautiful design wall... full of possibility!
the smoke... the frightening fires... and no rain in sight

Deb A said...

That is a fun design wall! I keep forgetting about my easy breezy blocks. Hope the fires stay away.

Cathy said...

Fire season in the west, hurricanes in the east. I hope you and all our Quilty friends stay safe! All the blocks you’re making look so happy and playful up on the design board. Way to go!

Quilter Kathy said...

Love the design wall photo! The zigzag is so cool... I would probably put the lavender ones together to point up and look like 2 lavender flying geese.
Love the easy breezy blocks... aren't they fun to sew?
Stay safe in the fire zone!

MissPat said...

Certainly seems like Mother Nature decided a pandemic wasn't enough to challenge us, so she's throwing wind, fire and rain at us to test our mettle. But your design wall offers a burst of color to distract us from all the chaos.
Pat

piecefulwendy said...

Do you just grin when you walk into your room and look at that design wall? I would! So many cheerful, happy projects!

Cathy said...

Fun things on the design wall is right!

Good thing that in this case where there's smoke there is NOT fire.

Louise said...

Purple is such a fun color to work with, I think. On your double four patches, the background looks quite a bit darker in the photo of your design wall. Is that more accurate than the color in the close up pic?

Jenny said...

So nice to see all your blocks up on the wall. The double four patches look wonderful with the blue background, really makes the monthly colours sing! Love your zig zag row too.

Cynthia Brunz Designs said...

Your design wall looks so fun! Thanks for linking all that scrappy goodness up with Oh Scrap!

Meloney said...

LOve your design wall. so many pretties up there.

Carole @ From My Carolina Home said...

Great projects, and I am jealous of your spectacular design wall! I have no wall space to do that as my sewing room is all windows and doors, and shelves.

Sylvia@Treadlestitches said...

Such beautiful bright scrappy projects! Thanks for letting us peek at your design wall!

Kate said...

You do have lots of fun stuff up on the design wall. Hope you get lots of time to work on them this week.

chrisknits said...

You just have such a fun wall!!!

Mari said...

Boo to the fires, but yay for all your fun, happy blocks. The double four patches are especially great. Stay safe! I hope the fires come nowhere near you.

Susie H said...

I heard on the news about the wildfires in Colorado and wondered how close it was to you and my SIL. Glad they're a ways away! Love your double 4-patches. Lookin' good!

gayle said...

Design wall lookin' good! I'm still eyeing those zigzags...
(I need a t-shirt that says "just say no to squirrels")