Pages

▼

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Rainbow Scrap Challenge - Radiant Red Stitching

What a week!  The first full week of work after the holidays is always rough for some reason.  It was nice to get home last night and head to the sewing room for some in depth stitching therapy.   I was in the mood for some mindless stitching, this year's Rainbow Scrap Project seemed to be just the thing to work on. 

SoScrappy


I was able to finish off the first two blocks last night. 
 Modified Wild and Goosey
Based on Bonnie Hunter's pattern in Addicted to Scraps

 These blocks are 3.5" squares, that's relatively tiny for me. Each block has 13 pieces, so it takes a bit to finish off one square.  Even with all the tiny pieces, these two were a lot of fun to make.  The planned layout needs 320 blocks.  In addition to the red, the plan is to make pink, magenta, purple, blue, turquoise, green, yellow and orange blocks.  So with 320 blocks in 9 different colors, that's about 36 blocks of each color.  With those kind of stats, this project is likely to take a couple of years. We'll see if I can move it along a bit faster, but even if I can't, it's using up some of those little scraps, so how can that be a bad thing? 

 Linking up with Angela over at Soscrappy today and linking up with Cynthia for Oh Scrap on Sunday.  
at

17 comments:

  1. scraphappyJanuary 12, 2019 at 6:20 AM

    It can’t be a bad thing to use up tiny scraps to make something beautiful. The nice thing about tiny blocks is that you get to make so many of them.

    ReplyDelete
  2. LIttle Penguin QuiltsJanuary 12, 2019 at 8:42 AM

    Those are really pretty! I like bright red scraps against the black background!

    ReplyDelete
  3. BarbaraJanuary 12, 2019 at 8:52 AM

    They’re really pretty. Is this a good leaders and enders project?

    ReplyDelete
  4. maggie fellowJanuary 12, 2019 at 8:59 AM

    red is striking

    ReplyDelete
  5. CathyJanuary 12, 2019 at 9:36 AM

    That’s one ambitious project! But commendable - and cute!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Frédérique - Quilting Patchwork AppliquéJanuary 12, 2019 at 11:17 AM

    Beautiful blocks, it's going to be a lovely quilt, even if it takes 2 years!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Katie Z.January 12, 2019 at 11:58 AM

    Wow! Your blocks are beautiful.

    ReplyDelete
  8. LouiseJanuary 12, 2019 at 12:18 PM

    You had me right up until you said 3.5"! Teeeeeeeeeeeeeensy! But wow that will be a fantastically scrappy and rich quilt :)

    ReplyDelete
  9. chrisknitsJanuary 12, 2019 at 1:38 PM

    As long as you are enjoying the ride, does it matter how long it takes? Love those blocks!

    ReplyDelete
  10. The Joyful QuilterJanuary 12, 2019 at 6:59 PM

    Nothing wrong with a nice multi-year RSC project. I've got a few of those, too!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. EmilyJanuary 13, 2019 at 10:59 AM

    Wow, that's a lot of tiny blocks! You have waaaaay more patience than I do! (But I already knew that!) This will be beautiful, and sometimes the multiple year projects become my favorites. I look forward to watching this one come to life! Beautiful start!

    ReplyDelete
  12. Cynthia Brunz DesignsJanuary 13, 2019 at 11:18 AM

    Great choice for an RSC block. I think these blocks are going to make a great quilt. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

    ReplyDelete
  13. gayleJanuary 13, 2019 at 7:59 PM

    This is going to be absolutely gorgeous!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Alison V.January 14, 2019 at 9:40 AM

    These look awesome! I can't wait to see how you put together this quilt.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Susan January 14, 2019 at 8:51 PM

    3.5 inches? And 3 flying geese? Kudos to you, but I'll never go that tiny. =) They are wonderful, and so accurate.

    ReplyDelete
  16. PreetiJanuary 16, 2019 at 6:44 AM

    320 blocks??? I just fainted. Someone give me my smelling salts. Oh my!!!
    OK, I love the deep dark reds and I am sure it will make a fantastic quilt.

    ReplyDelete
  17. JenniferJanuary 19, 2019 at 7:30 AM

    Those two are a good start! 320 is a lot of blocks!!!

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. I appreciate your feedback and ideas. I try dilgently to reply to all comments (It may take me a few days, but I eventually get there). If you are a no reply blogger, I can't reply back. Please check that your settings are set to show your email. Thanks for stopping by!