How is it possible that we are halfway through the month of December already?! Having just finished up what's absolutely necessary in preparation for Christmas I turned my attention to busting some scraps.
First I sewed up these 3" (finished) half-square triangle units.
And then I sewed up another batch.
There are over 100. I have no idea what I'm going to do with them yet.
The destruction wrought by a spate of tornadoes through the central US over the weekend spurred me to get out blocks from my Parts Department to see what I could pull together for a potential donation quilt.
Pondered them overnight, dug out some parts I'd made that I could turn into a few more 12" (finished) blocks, and arrived at this point:
I'm thinking I will build this quilt in a strippy format (vertical columns). These pieced blocks will be the focal columns and I'll use the leftover 6" Chinese Coins strips friends in my local guild made for the four alternate columns. It remains to be seen how well that will work.
I now have blocks for these three columns but still have to decide what to do about sashing them.
It will definitely be fabric I already have on hand. I have fabric that's been donated from another quilter's stash I can probably use for a back... but let's not get ahead of ourselves!
This scrappy link party is hosted by Kate in Australia and Gun in Sweden with participants all around the globe. Everyone posts in their own time zone on the 15th of each month if/when they have something to share. There will be inspiring projects in an assortment of mediums. 😊
Kate, Gun, Eva, Lynn, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Susan, Cathy, Tracy, Jill,
Claire, Jan, Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys,
Claire, Jean, Jon, Dawn, Jule, Gwen, Bekki, Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L,
Vera, Nanette, Ann, Dawn 2, Bear, Preeti, Edith, Debbierose
And if I don't get back here again before the year is over, I hope all my readers have a safe and happy holiday season! 🎁
I love all those donation blocks except the yellow one, which for me is uncomfortably reminiscent of the sign for cyclones... Also love all those HSTs. How would they look assembled into 10 inch blocks, alternating with plain squares in a repeat pattern?
ReplyDeleteThe devastation, especially in KY, is beyond comprehension. How grand to use parts from your Department as a donation quilt.
ReplyDeleteSo many nice blocks! It will be a great quilt! I also have a lot of half squared triangles and I have no idea what to do with them :)
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely yet 1/2 sq triangles freak me out. An unnatural fear feeling if I try them. 🤯
ReplyDeleteLovely blocks. I dont know why, but I have an unnatural fear of the 1/2 sq triangle.
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