A new year, and some more stitching for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I've been taking part in this for several years, and the idea is to use your scraps "one colour at a time". As I have more RSC UFOs than I care to admit to, which have built up over the years, I've decided to limit my block sets severely this year. That way, I hope I can also get some of those previous block sets finished - that's the plan anyway. Pink is the chosen colour for January.
So what have I stitched so far this month? You may remember that in 2024 I started making hollow nines in an effort to use up some of my 2.5in squares I had accumulated. I probably have enough for a small cot quilt now, but there are still plenty of those squares left in the bag to be used up. And...... they are not my favourite thing to work with. So what I'm making this year are some framed four patches, in a final effort to deal with those pesky squares. Nice and simple.
Framed four patches
I also have a bunch of framed four patches I stitched up last year, but these used slightly larger 3inch blocks, and are yet to be made into a quilt top. So you can appreciate my problem, RSC blocks may well be quick and simple to stitch, but they do seem to hang around for a while!
I've got an idea for another simple RSC block as well, this one for a boy. I do like to ensure that I do stitch boys donation quilts too. After all, there always seems to be plenty of floral blocks suitable for girls on the go, and it hardly seems fair that the boys should miss out. Hopefully this will get stitched shortly.
2 comments:
You are not alone. I also have RSC blocks from previous years that have not been made into quilts. Meanwhile, those pesky scraps continue to accumulate!
So happy to see you are back to doing some sewing, Jenny; I stopped doing RSC because it produced way too many blocks for me to deal with, myself.
But I follow everyone's choices and sometimes will join in for a month if I am using that colorway...Right now I am trying to deal with my some 32+ UFO's---3 at a time..!! ;((( Take care--we are having snow flurries this morning--very
pretty...hugs, Julierose
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