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. 

rsc september - dark

 

 The colour for  the 2024 Rainbow Scrap Challenge  in September is Dark. There were plenty of black scraps in the stash from a baby quilt I made a while ago. 

Not sure what is planned for October but I will be making a brown version as well. All up I want 16 blocks to make a square quilt. The challenge only makes twelve so I’ll be adding to these.

Hope you and your loved ones are safe and well. Storm Helene and the damage from high winds, flooding and failed dams on such a large scale has been extraordinary.

sprung

  

Spring came a month early and so the garden needed some attention.  It’s been really windy and warm or cold. The weather can’t seem to make up its mind. Oh,  and Tasmania pinched all the rain.  Pretty sure they would have a happily shared some as they’ve had an awful lot.

Now I can sew down the binding on the Arkansas Traveller quilt - my favourite part of making a quilt.

When it’s been too windy to work in the garden, the Granny Squares got some attention.

Still a quite a few more to make but having fun in the process.