Getting Ahead

This year I have once again joined Betty and her merry band of ladies to make some group charity quilts.  Last year we made blocks using a designated fabric.  

This year there is a change of theme and we have been requested to make a row of blocks in whatever style we like in just one colour.  We have been given six colours and are to make one colour, any that we wish, each month for the first six months of the year, completing all colours during that time.

I have elected to follow the Rainbow Scrap Challenge colours, where possible, so this month I opted to make blue blocks.  The strip is to be 56” wide by anywhere from. 6” to 10” in height.

Today I decided to make a start, using only those fabrics in my scrap tubs.  The first blocks I made were string blocks.  Now, I have been quilting for well over 20 years and surprisingly have never made a string block.  Years ago I popped an old phone book on my sewing room bookshelf for this purpose and finally used it today.  I just realised I didn’t take a photo of the completed block from the front.

Anyway, I then just played with what fabrics were in the box and made blocks with rough log cabin crumb piecing, a four patch variation, and random strips.  They will do the job.

Here they all are, joined into the strip, ready to get into the post next week.

The next job is to go and tidy up the big mess I made, as I have a friend coming over to play in my sewing room tomorrow.  Wish me luck.