RSC2024- extended-january

 

First block of the RSC2024 extension is done - light green.

Here’s my collection of blocks so far.

Five more blocks to make 

February - light blue

March - light brown/beige

April - peach/apricot

May - grey

June - dark pink/rose pink

leaders

 

Even though the RSC quilt isn’t finished,  I want to make a scrap quilt this year from what’s left in my modest scrap buckets (small plastic containers actually),

I’d seen some quilters write about leaders and enders as they made other projects and thought I might do the same.

So I made some test blocks to see if I liked the design. I do. Very much. So these will be a leaders and enders as I work on my other projects.

I already have 2.5 inch squares cut and a selection of 2.5inch strips left over from other projects. Most of them aren’t full fabric width either. Fabric selection will be  random. The block size is 12 inches finished. 25 needed for a 5x5 block lap quilt once there are borders or I might make a 6x6 with no borders.

Then, to make my day, a crafting friend was clearing out her cupboards and gifted me a bag of quilting fat quarters. Very generous and much appreciated.

focussing

This year needs focus. 

There are too many unfinished projects around here. 

This top needs borders, then quilting and binding. Pattern is a version of Confetti Stars by Wendy Sheppard using Figtree Fabrics Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

More Granny Squares need to be pieced. Fabric is Fresh Cottons from Figtree Quilts. All the coloured squares are cut but more of the background fabrics need to be prepped.

This top needs the next round of borders. Pieces are cut. Need assembly.

Need to make a decision about how this top will be finished. Maybe just another wide border to make it a lap quilt.

This one is going to be scaled down from the original size.  The blocks are supposed to be set on point. Not sure if I still want to do that. Needs to be manageable for quilting. By me.

Including the RSC 2024 project that’s everything. More than I usually like to have unfinished but there you go.

rsc2024-october

 

So Brown was the colour for October in the 2024 Rainbow Scrap Challenge. November and December were for piecing the blocks together and finishing the quilt.

I know, it’s January 2025 now. Just catching up. 

So I have 10 blocks and want 16 to make a quilt. Another six blocks are needed. Six more colours. 

Let’s extend RSC2024 into 2025. I plan to make the blocks in these colourways.

January -Light Green

February - Light Blue

March - Light Brown/Beige

April - Peach/Apricot

May - Grey

June - Dark Pink/Rose Pink (maybe)

That gives me time from July onwards to put the quilt together and get it finished. Hopefully.

dismantled

 

A couple of posts ago, this quilt came out of the UFO cupboard. It was in there because those big blue squares and that blue border weren’t “right”.

Spurred on by a recent post by Joanne at Canuck Quilter, who unpicked a quilt she wasn’t happy with, the seam ripper got a workout. 

There’s something rather unsettling about doing this to what was effectively a finished quilt top. 

I still wanted some blue in the centre though. Time to make some new blocks.

This quilt is loosely based on a design by Lissa Alexander from many years ago. The fabrics were mostly fat quarter bundles of Faye Burgos and Lecien. Now the centre looks like this.

That’s much better. Those two very dark triangles look out of place. They’ll be replaced as well.  Time to work on a new border design.