Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Friday, February 5, 2021

Crumbs, Quotation Marks, and a little Slow Stitching

I realized after last week's Saturday post that I had forgotten to share the pink crumb blocks I sewed in January, so here they are.  And this week, some yellow crumb blocks, too!  These will be saved up until I have enough in each color to make the "Precarious" quilt from Kelly Young's book, Stash Statement.

Looks like I need to make more pink blocks!

I also stitched up a row of quotation marks for the RSC 2021 sampler quilt, using Angela's tutorial from earlier in the week.  I opted for the simpler style and think it will work just fine!


Pink and yellow together...

My rows are about 41 - 42 inches wide at this point.  
I'll add more background fabric to make them wider later in the year.

This week, I also cut out enough 2.5 inch squares in various shades of yellow to hand-piece a yellow scrappy trips block.  These are lovely sunshine-y colors for a gray February day.  This will be my slow stitching for the evenings and Sunday during the Super Bowl.  I'm planning to make two 12.5 inch blocks each month.


Sharing at SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday and at 
Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching!










24 comments:

Ivani said...

Good morning Diann,
Great crumbs blocks. Have you notice that yello and gray are the Pantone colors for 2021? So your blocks are perfect for a gray month - LOL.
Your hand piecing block is amazing.

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

good uses for your yellow. maybe yellow will brighten up our cold month of winter

Linda said...

Your crumb blocks will be so pretty in that Precarious pattern. I need to get going on my yellows, but I'm hung up on a Squirrel! Will you and Mike have a Super Bowl spread for two at your house? :)

Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana said...

I have read a bunch of your latest posts, Diann. I was wondering when and if the pandemic would start showing up in novels. Interesting, heh. Gorgeous photos especially in the last post, did you say if Mike took it? Love those tulip blocks and I have a thing for tulips though I don't add more to the garden as they don't last long. Meanwhile, lots of lovely sewing and stitching happening at your house. Yellows are perfect for brightening February and pinks too of course. Happy Stitching, dear.

maggie fellow said...

super start on yellow - handstitching seems very therapeutic

Chantal said...

Great start on the yellow blocks. Precarious sounds like something I would do too. Enjoy! ;^)

Cathy said...

Lots of good stuff happening with your stitching! Have you chosen a background color yet (I know it’s early) for Precarious?

LA Paylor said...

such sunny fabrics... nice work as usual Diann

piecefulwendy said...

All that yellow, so pretty and so fun to see on this very chilly day here!

Susie H said...

Beautiful blocks going together. Sunshine-y yellow is a fantastic color for February! Loving your RSC2021 quilt blocks!

Sarah said...

You have some lovely bright sunny yellow blocks.

MissPat said...

I haven't even pulled out the yellow scraps yet. And I need to decide on a "Table Scraps" yellow design and not leave it till the last week. We had sunshine for the 4th day in a row, almost unheard here at this time of year.
Pat

Sylvia@Treadlestitches said...

I love your crumb blocks, yellow and pink! Fun to make, and so bright and cute.

Kate said...

Lots of sunny yellows in your blocks. As grey as the days have been, Angela was wise to pick yellow so we all have a nice pick me up in February.

Little Penpen said...

I love seeing all the posts related to this challenge. Your blocks and colors are beautiful!

scraphappy said...

Great plan for your crumb blocks. Love how your quotation marks turned out! I used the simple style as well and I think it looks great.

Karrin Hurd said...

Great crumb blocks, and love seeing the quotation marks! Happy stitching!

The Joyful Quilter said...

That sounds like the recipe for a lovely sunshine-y week in your sewing room, Diann!!

Jenny said...

Such bright and sunny yellow sewing this week!

Kim said...

All those pretty yellow and pink little squares would beam sunshine into the dullest of winter days. It looks as if you are having the best fun, Diann. Love those quotation marks. I must say I am fascinated with this quilt

Birthe Marie said...

Such great projects! Nice rows and the beautiful pink and yellow blocks give sunshine in the winter days. We are lucky to be able to surround ourselves and enjoy playing with colours.

Deb A said...

Pretty crumbs and love the trip block in yellow. Happy stitching.

Katie Z. said...

Yay! Your blocks are so cheerful.

Jennifer said...

love your cheery, sunshine=y blocks!