Table Scraps for April

Earlier this month, I shared that I tried playing with a string block to create an umbrella with my yellow scraps, and it worked pretty well!  This is where I left off on April 9th, thinking that I might possibly make a few more of these.

It turned out that I only had time to make this one, what with moving my mom to a new place and going on our trip to Nashville, so when we got home earlier this week, I decided to finish it up into a little mug rug.   One change I made to the original block was to redo the very top tiny triangle with a white background piece instead of yellow to give a little bit more rounded look.

The original block is 6.5 inches square, 

so I added some Fairy Dust for borders to make it a rectangle.

The Fairy Dust plus another yellow scrap made a good backing, too.  

You know what they say about April showers bringing May flowers...

These aren't May flowers quite yet, but it is our 

Spring Snow Crabapple tree in full bloom - so pretty!

Sharing at:

the Joyful Quilter for the April Table Scraps link-up,

and at SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday.

Quilting is More Fun than Housework for Oh Scrap!