Do you have an ongoing project? ...Or a new scrappy project?
Those of you who have followed my blog for some years, know I cut scraps from 1.5" to 5" squares + 1.5" strips, selvages, and saving those odd triangles! I'm keeping up with 1.5" squares, doing pretty well with 2.5", not so good with the other sizes, strips and selvages.
I spent some time during the weekend catching up on my ongoing scrappy 1.5" squares.
I make 36-patches and I have 9 blocks, I sew them together to 324-patches. It will be easier to handle this size when sewing them into a quilt. Per yesterday, I have ten 324-patches = 3240 squares pieced together + approximately 180 squares already sewn together but now enough for a big block.
The box looks rather empty now compared to what it did before the weekend!
You may wonder how I keep up with it?
One of the (three!) 2.5" boxes. When I need a break from a project, I usually add some squares together. I have a heap with 36-patches, my guess is I have enough for two quilts. Forgot to take a photo of that heap, but you can see it here, row #4, middle photo. More 36-patches have been added since January!
New project!
A chance to use up some 2.5", 3" and 5" squares
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The pattern is called 'Patchwork Potpourri", part #1 posted in Love of Quilting March/April 2023. Part #2 and #3 continue in the next two magazine issues.
Finished size is 82" x 82", 100 8" blocks. This should keep me out of trouble for some months!
