The colour red has been chosen for April for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. After a couple of weekend trips away, I've finally stitched some red blocks for my projects. First were my easy black and white blocks for a boy's donation quilt. With four done in red, I decided I liked the way they fitted together, so that's how I will assemble these blocks. Originally, I had thought about having the colours scattered about the quilt top, but I think I like them better this way now.
These didn't take long to stitch
The second RSC block set I'm making is framed four patches, trying to use up my bag full of 2.5in squares. The bag is not going down much at all, and I found some red and burgundy squares to use this month - made three blocks from these.
One red and two burgundy blocks to add to the pile
So I just have my red selvedge double handed oven mitt to stitch now, I'll get on to that shortly.
There was a bit of excitement here at home this week. I came home to discover the small front window was smashed. Goodness knows how that happened and I went and asked a couple of neighbors if they had seen or heard anything, I was worried about someone wandering around the village and smashing windows for fun. Seems it happened when the lawns were being mowed, and a stone had been flicked up by the lawnmower. The stone made a hole about 6 inches across, with cracks running off it, but didn't smash through the internal glass pane. After a bit of searching the stone was found in the grass.
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Good to hear that it was only a stone thrown up by mowing and not some person!!
Your RSC red blocks are coming along so nicely. Hugs Julierose
Pleased you weren’t broken into and the window now is fixed…
Great red RSC blocks….
I have heard of windows being broken that way before. Glad it is all fixed now. Nice red blocks for the RSC. I have not made mine yet. I still have a couple of weeks!
That would have given you a fright like it would me for sure. But so happy it is all sorted and with an innocent cause too.
I’m glad too that it was an accident and not vandalism. Seems the person on the lawnmower should have left you a note. Hope it was too expensive to have repaired. I really like those B&W blocks with the red.
I thought that double glazing would be so strong, maybe just the way the stone came, and from a mnower would be fast too. Far better than a break in. Love those top red blocks.
When I did my chaser quilt, I liked that layout too until I realized it's a swastika! I scraped the whole thing. It's your quilt and you do you, but I just want you to know before you get too far along. Sorry about the window. I immediately thought baseball! Happy to know no one was injured. Enjoy! ;^)
OH no, I would have wondered if someone tried to break in the house. To find it done by a lawnmower though is explainable but cost a bit to fix. Glad nothing else was damaged. I love that black/white fabric
Now that would have been scary to come home to. Those stones and such thrown up by a lawnmower come with great force. Glad that the inner pane wasn't smashed as well. You are doing wonderfully well finding all those colours in your stash for blocks.
God bless.
You've had a busy week! I'm so sorry about your broken window. Glad there was some sewing time with those pretty reds!
great reds!!! Sorry about your window - it kind of looked like a baseball shape - rocks are not nice at all!!
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