Daily Stitching Update and a new start...

 I finished out September with my daily stitching...

And moved on to October!  October 2nd has a butterfly because we went to the Butterfly Pavilion down in Denver that day.  That is such a sweet experience!  I'll share some photos in my Thursday post.  This is the first daily square where I actually drew the shape before I stitched it.

The whole piece looks like this right now - you can see July, August, and September in the top row, and then it skips down to October on the bottom left.  I just started this project on September 26th.

The new start for October is Broom Hilda, a design from Melisa at PinkernPunkin.  I think she's so cute with her purple hair and green skin!  Her hat and dress are supposed to be stitched in black, and I couldn't find a bit of it in my stash, so I chose a very dark gray instead.  I think that's working fine for the clothing, but not so much for her eyes and mouth.  So I'll need to go pick up some black floss!

Sharing at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.

October Neutrals

I decided I need to spend October figuring out what each of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects needs so that blocks can be sewn into quilt tops.  This week I started with the Jacob's Ladder blocks.  The last time I shared them, I only laid out sixteen of the blocks, like this:

There are two blocks made in each of the eight main colors.

But I have also made two additional blocks, a brown and a light blue, that didn't have a partner.

So it's time to decide how to fit these two into the design!  When Angela posted earlier this week that October's color would be neutrals, I started hunting around in my stash for something I could use to make another brown Jacob's Ladder block.  There were still some brown batiks left in the pile I used for this year's SAHHR quilt, so I chose from there.  This one with the butterflies is really a favorite!

Of course, it's not just brown, it also has some 

gold, gray, and black in it.

Add in another batik that reads as brown, and I ended up with these pieces and parts.

So there are now two brown blocks, but I still have to decide what to do about a partner for the light blue block.  Still thinking about that one!

Sharing at SoScrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday.