Working with scraps.

Sewing time with my scraps again. Wow, this is a big job.

Brenda, Conquering Mount Scrapmore, had a mystery sew along on YouTube 

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9goRSj4pYTAOVH-AKeoRPx6cBQXOdMIz&si=iVMDqR-8Ax-dlJeS

It is a foundation paper pieced project and the full size quilt is big. You can make it smaller as Brenda tells you 4 different sizes. My pile of scraps.

many steps have been sewn

starting the flying geese

Trimming the blocks

The blocks look so different when trimmed down.

Sewing the geese. These are big and taking a while. They measure 4.5” * 20.5” and I need 40

when these are done then I have to start on all the background blocks. Sewn with neutral strings…. Lots of them. Then I can start sewing the blocks up.

A new mystery, SAL, finish and VERY PHOTO HEAVY.

 Oh the days are getting away from me. BUT. I have been busy spending all my spare time on catching up and working on my mystery 

SPRING FLING with STRINGS

Every Wednesday a new clue is out. We have been told there are 12 clues and it finishes mid July. We have just done clue 9 and I have just caught up. I have spent 4 days sewing, ironing and trimming…

Here is where it started. Using the old phone books to make my string blocks.

And using up my green scraps

A few swaps I have been in

I have been getting into the Potato Chip blocks and been cutting up my scraps. I have used my GO cutter to cut all these. They measure 2.5” * 4.5”. I have a few hundred cut now.

 I joined up with Aussie Chippettes and put my name down for some swaps. These included 20 Potato Chip, 10 Terry Rowland, 10 * 4 patches and 3 house blocks.

Cute houses. I used my GO cutter to do the flying geese roof tops. They were oversized and I could trim them down to the perfect size. I always have trouble with flying geese measuring straight.

All ready to be posted out

I have returned from a 5 week holiday to Darwin and collected my mail. What a lovely surprise.

Look at all this happy mail. So many nice and pretty blocks.

Thank you everyone who took part.