Rainbow Scrap Challenge for January Done and Dusted

After plenty of fiddle faddling to get lots prepped, I now have my January RSC blocks completed.

First up, were the Black and White Potato Chip blocks.

I just made four this month, as there will also be a dark blue month and an aqua/teal month.  Most months will have five blocks.  Once the scraps are cut they are quick and easy.  There are several duplicates, but once they are distributed around the quilt it won’t matter.

Next was the Crumb Block. I need three of these each month, but already had two that I had prepared previously.

This was today’s block.

Together with the others.

Finally, the Solid Fabric Crosses blocks.

These were a joy to make.  I have never made a quilt from all solid fabrics before.  Other than putting together the nine patch around the centre square, there are no seams to nest and the pressing directions that come naturally all fall in the right direction, so they don’t get caught up in the feed dogs.  The blocks will have a white sashing with grey corner stones, creating little nine patches.  I just need two blocks each month and one width of fabric strip of each colour makes the two coordinating blocks.

I’m looking forward to working on all these projects during the year.  I still have to cut some more fabrics to complete the kits for the quilts, but that can be a job for next month.

I’ll be linking up with So Scrappy.