My second Rainbow Scrap Challenge project for 2026 is a house quilt. I'm calling it "A Year in the Neighborhood" and I'll be making houses that go with the month/season/time of year. The January house has snowflakes! These houses are paper-pieced, and the pattern was purchased from Twiggy and Opal's Etsy shop, here. She calls this block "Heart of the Home."
I happened to have a small piece of dark blue with snowflakes on it - perfect for the January Rainbiw Scrap Challenge color of the month!
I couldn't decide what that bottom rectangle piece ⬆️ should be. Is it the "yard" or still part of the house (like some bricks under the windows)? I looked back at Jayne's examples and I think she changed the pattern a bit because I don't see that rectangle on the current pattern.
So I decided it would represent the yard, and for January there's some snow there!
What else should the neighborhood have? I definitely need trees in my neighborhood. I have made several different kinds of tree blocks over the years, but this time I was inspired by our trip up in the mountains earlier this week, and there we saw snow-covered mountains and pine trees.
So I played around with a pine tree made of flying geese, blue sky with snowflakes, and snow on the ground.
A fun start!
Sharing at SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday.
16 comments:
That is one cute house!
Lovely start to your RSC House project. I love the addition of the tree, too hugs, Julierose
The snowflake fabric is perfect for your wintery blue house! Gail at the cozy quilter
How fun is that? Love the house and the tree.
What a neat idea for the RSC! Your house is so cute, especially with that snow fabric. Very nice tree too!
Oh - that is such a cute idea!! So cute with the snowflakes, and the trees. I have a traditional house block in my RSC line-up for this year too, but it's only cut out right now.
Awesome, Diann. I love your house block and tree and the backgrounds you are using. I am working on my first block this very day. Hope to post on it by afternoon. It's a start. All the little added special elements may come along later.
Did you see that Andree of Quilting & LEarning Combo is also doing this housing project and will be hosting a linky party for us at the end of each month. we can find her here https://quiltinglearningcombo.blogspot.com/
This will be a great quilt to leave up all year with the different seasons/holidays. I like the addition of the trees.
fun project
that will be an interesting block to make and quilt. I love your mountains and snow
What a fun project for this year's RSC. Your January block is very cute and so is the tree.
The first thing I noticed with the house block was the sky. It looks like the Aurora Borealis which is perfect for a winter sky. I'm surprised no one else thought that. Anyway you are off to a good start. And a belated Happy 50th Anniversary. I fell behind on my blog reading and missed your Thurs. post. Looks like you had a nice getaway.
Pat
Your January house is a win! Love the fabrics you chose.
What a fun start to the year. I love the heart of the home block. It looks even better with a tree next to it.
Cute house block.
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