This week:
Continuing on with a little of this and a little of that - I finished up the last two gameboard blocks I need for one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects.
Along the way I have also been experimenting with the little 3.5 inch plus blocks that Nancy at Grace and Peace quilting shared a while back. Just a few made so far. I especially like the ones made with strips from my solid scraps drawer. Most of these are actually made with some Grunge scraps from that drawer as those are the first I pulled out to work with.
These will become my leader/ender blocks now that I've
made all the gameboard blocks I need for that quilt top.
And then I started thinking about a scrappy placemat for November. In October, I made three placemats with some leftover jelly roll strips I was trying to use up. But, of course, I didn't use them all up, so I decided I wanted to try to get one more placemat out of them!
The last of the jelly roll strips and
some chunks of other fall prints.
Remembering the turquoise placemat I made in July, I started cutting the strips into 2.5 x 4.5 inch bricks, and combining them with a leafy neutral.
And a plan is emerging!
Sharing at The Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday Wait Loss.
Fun scrappy start on another placemat.
ReplyDeleteI’ve made three of the 3” plus blocks so far but I am following Nancy’s idea to eliminate two seams. They are rather fun to see the tiny blocks finished, lol. I was watching the video and realized if I press the seams towards the corner squares on the top & bottom rows and then towards the center row for the final seams, it will be possible to nest the seams when sewing the blocks together. I do love to be able to nest the seams, lol.
ReplyDeleteGreat use of your scraps in the plus blocks and the placemats. How many gameboard blocks do you have now? Gail at the cozy quilter
ReplyDeleteI like that leafy neutral with the colorful fall prints. On to assembling the game board blocks soon?
ReplyDeleteThose little plus blocks are so cute! I wish I had the patience for that size, but I might make some that are a little larger. How neat you are able to put another placemat together, you are making wonderful use of your scraps!
ReplyDeleteThe plus blocks are so tiny but oh so cute. Nice work using up your scraps.
ReplyDeleteWhat cute plus blocks! I like your plan for a November placemat!
ReplyDeleteThe plus blocks will be a very fun leader and ender project. Even better it uses up scraps! You've got a good start on that last placement. It's hard to use up all the left overs from a project. I've tried that with a couple of projects this year with varying degrees of success. No matter what, I seem to make more scraps!
ReplyDeleteThe chunky plus blocks certainly add up quickly! LOL. And the new placemats look chipper (as in potato chips....).....stop me before I pun again....
ReplyDeleteThose plus blocks are adorable! Love the fabrics you've chosen for the placemats. Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
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Lots going on. Those placemats are going to be pretty.
ReplyDeleteI love that red block! very nice.
ReplyDeleteHorray for finishing the last two blocks of the game board quilt. I can't wait to see how all of those look together. I am very interested in that block because the sizes used to make the block are my go-to scrap-sized cuts.
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