I am making two scrap quilts to reduce some of my scrappy stash. In January the RSC14 color was blue, so I started Soul Searching from the book Making Quilts by Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession. I first saw this quilt when my friend Kevin showed me his finished top that he made for friends. I am using just what I can find in my scraps -- I'm not buying anything to make it more harmonious or match better. This is a challenge to "make do" with what I have! Here is the first block.
My second scrappy project is a quilt using scrap strings. I am enlisting some help from a few friends too, so I will have more variety. Since I was working with blues on the above block, I started with blues on this one too. This is just one small portion of the outside border.
This is also going to be a rainbow of colors when it's finished. I thought since I do so many string quilts using random scraps, keeping the color families together would be a change of pace for me.
I'm linking up with SoScrappy -2014 Rainbow Scrap Challenge and Cat Patches 2014 Jan New FO.
Dar! Your "Soul Searching" quilt is going to be amazing with the colors of RSC14! I can't wait to see what you come up with! Your first block is perfect! I am curious as to what you have in mind for the string blocks? Hopefully February will bring a little more normalcy!
ReplyDeleteYour Soul Searching block is going to be stunning in the finished quilt. Such a great way to use scraps
ReplyDeleteLove your Soul Searching block Dar! And I can't wait to see what you are going to make with your string blocks... I just love string blocks!!! I'll be taking a class later this month from some local ladies who have a book out called String Quilt Revival - the quilt is going to be gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteI'm finally getting a big enough stash to actually sew things out it. I love it! I just made a set of placemats and didn't have to buy anything except thread. Doesn't it feel great?!
ReplyDeleteI like it - I bet you will be able to make do ;-) Glad you are having fun!
ReplyDeleteI love your blue projects! Then again Rainbows are awesome! Happy quilting.
ReplyDeleteThat "Soul Searching" block is great!! Can't wait to see more. I'll share some blue scraps. What size do you want?
ReplyDeleteBoth blocks are great. You are going to have some lovely projects when you get through all the colors this year.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm playing catch up with blog reading! I'm terribly behind. But it's great to see what you're doing. Love the scrappiness of both blocks. I bet you'll end up with a couple of great-looking "free" quilts!
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