Midweek Update

Since my last midweek update post, I shared the finish of Masala Box here.  That was a big quilt finish, so working on some smaller things was on the agenda next.  Next up, the background squares needed to be sewn together for the Orange Peel SAL, hosted by Julie at The Crafty Quilter. ✔️

I'm ready to start the orange peel applique - 

I think that's coming up this week.

Sandra's most recent post about the Glowing Hearts QAL talked about fabric requirements, so I spent some time digging through my stash to see if I could find anything that inspired me there.  When nothing exciting turned up, my next thought was to visit my LQS for some fat quarters to cut strips for the hearts from.  But before I even did that, I found an Island Batik jelly roll at Missouri Star Quilt Co that I liked ✔️, was on sale ✔️, and they had a Daily Deal for free shipping! ✔️  And it just arrived this afternoon, so I'm all set to get started on that project, too.

With those things out of the way, I could get back to sewing with my red scraps for a Rainbow Scrap Challenge project.  I've been making sixteen patch stars for one of my RSC quilts, so that was on the list for this week.  These blocks really take longer to cut the pieces and prep for the star points than they do to sew!  It didn't take long to make a star in red.

Then it occurred to me that I've actually been making two of these stars each month, one in a darker shade and one in a lighter!  How was I going to do that for red?  (Isn't light red actually pink?!  I made those in February...)  I hunted around for some different red choices and I'll share in my Saturday RSC post what I ended up using!

Hope you're having a productive week!   Linking up with The Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday Wait Loss.

And at Alycia Quilts for Finished or Not Friday.

Melva Loves Scraps for TGIFF.