Remember these? They were pushed aside back in April due to my squirrelly nature. In my defense, super scrappy quilts require a lot of fabric digging and cutting. The quilt will finish about 90 x 90. The blocks are made from 1.75" squares. Over the last few weeks, I worked on UFO's and new quick mini projects. They were fun and just what I needed for a little quilty quick fix but now it's time to get back to the itty-bitty blocks.
Normally I take pretty good notes on my progress when making a quilt. For some reason I neglected jotting down a few important details before setting this one aside. My lack of memory and lack of note taking meant everything needed to be recounted. UGG! One good way to look at it is, counting is better than cutting! It's pretty obvious just by looking at the larger HST's that there isn't enough. The quilt needs (169) 3" HST's. I need to make (87) more. I'm using nine colors in the quilt...pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, gray, and brown. Each color will need 18 or 19 HST's.
Time to dig through the fabric scraps. I'm using the two at a time HST method. That makes pulling fabric easier. (9) orange, brown, gray and purple. And then just enough to fill in the other colors.
The low volume white fabric scrap bin is getting low, so I decided to try something new to me. Adding cream and ivory to the mix. My cream scraps are lacking as well but I manage to get what was needed for the HST's from both scrap bins.
Within no time I was ready to put the pedal to the metal!
TADA! Isn't it pretty?
After stitching up the HST's it was time to cut more low volume scrappy 1.75" squares. LOTS of them...1004 to be exact. It was also time to cheat. I've dug through the scrap bins all I'm going to dig. And I've cut all the tiny little pieces I'm going to cut. It's time to dig through the fat quarter stash.
Oh yes, I cheated and I'm glad I did. It was so much quicker and easier. And it will still give me the scrappy look I'm after. Plus, there's a few scraps leftover to add to my scrap bin that is getting low on scraps. It's a WIN WIN or justification for laziness...HAHA!
All the parts of the quilt are cut and ready to assemble. Since I'm squirrelly I thought it best to store them in containers just in case I change my mind on whether or not to start assembling them. The container for the 1.75" squares is overflowing and needed rubber bands to keep it closed. Just how many squares is in it? 3614.
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This is going to be such a pretty quilt! I hope it's not in time out too long.
ReplyDeleteLOL on the cheating. That's a beautiful organized box! I don't know if I could do that. I usually throw mine in a bin and deal with the wrinkles. Now I see why your photos are always so gorgeous! It's going to be a fun quilt! Love those blocks.
ReplyDeleteLeanne, your fabric mix is so sunny and cheerful. What is this "two at a time" HST method you reference? Do you mean starting with squares RST, draw a diagonal line, stitch 1/4" away from the line on each side, and then cut down the drawn line to separate into two HSTs? So your quilt will have two identical HSTs of every fabric pairing?
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of cutting! But it's going to be another beautiful scrap quilt
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