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10/3/2014

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Scrap Quilting Forum blocks

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We're six months in on this quiltalong. Each month there is a block and a double nine-patch. I have four purple fabrics that I'm using with the same dark gray background. I have no idea how this is going to turn out, but I'm excited to see it when it's done. 
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This is going to Project Linus. It was one of those things where I had the floral focus fabric, and then I found this cool fabric that coordinated with it, but then it was too dark to be appropriate for a child, so I added the light pink, and then it didn't go with anything I had for backing and I wasn't even sure I liked it. I was not about to go buy backing for a blanket I didn't even like, so I forced myself to use the flannel which actually has a lot of the same colors as the floral print and yet manages to match not at all. Oh, Well! It's done, and that's the best thing I can say about it.
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This one, too, is going to Project Linus. I saw this on a blog called the Hideaway Girl who comes up with beautiful quilts using simple piecing – just what I love. I used a 20-strip jelly roll kit I had with 1" gray strips in between. This was so quick and easy – I started with the first piece of 2.5" x 3" fabric in a sort of sunrise pattern fabric, then took the first jelly roll and went around it. When the square was complete, I went around that with gray. I then started back up with the jelly roll and used it until it ran out and added the next one to it, and so on. I kind of like it. I probably should have used half a strip (21" instead of the whole strip), but since these were rainbow colors I didn't want to mix them all up. Maybe next time. I would certainly do this again, although I think I would start with a 2.5" x 4" square in the middle...
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