Midweek Update

Often, when I am interested in a new project, my first question is - can I make it from my stash?  I don't always know if what I am envisioning will actually work.   So finally, three blocks into the Little House Sampler sew-along, hosted by Melva Loves Scraps,  I think I know what I am doing with this project!

I started it with a jelly roll I had won last fall - and it has lots of pumpkins, leaves, and bright oranges in it.  Block 3 is called Harvest Basket, and it was perfect for nailing down that my colors for this quilt are orange, turquoise, browns, and creamy neutrals.  

I love basket blocks! 

Focusing on those four colors helps me pick out the strips for the log cabin surrounds.  I've been trying to keep these blocks from being too busy, so adding in some solids and low volume neutrals should help that. 

Here is block 3!

I'm liking how this is coming along!  There are nine blocks total, and Melva is releasing them every week or two, which is a nice pace for me.

Getting closer to a finish is this year's Stay at Home Round Robin.  I have the pieced border finished and strips cut for a final solid border.  Hope to get that sewn on later this week, and then a backing figured out so I can get going on the quilting.  The final quilt parade starts two weeks from today!

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Melva Loves Scraps for the Little House Sampler Block 3 link-up.