SCRAP PLAY

 I did some cleaning and putting away of stuff in the studio this morning.  I even managed to cull some things out, which can go to the Goodwill. 

When it got to what to do with the scraps that are in my 'project bowls' (bowls where I keep the scraps of quilts I'm working on) I slowed down and got distracted.  

The bowl that contained the little scraps from the Trinkets quilt, which are from Alison Glass' Kaleidoscope Collection and are a little more loosely woven, I decided to just start sewing them together.  I contined sewing on them when Brave Patch Monday Sewcial started.  I sewed and fitted and sewed and fitted them all together, eventually, with only 6 little pieces left over.

It's about 13" by 11-3/4" - I think I'll make a little table mat out of it.  So cute.

NASTURTIUMS TAKE OVER

 The Nasturtiums I planted last summer grew and flowered and made seeds, then died back a bit, as they usually do.  But when summer was over and the rains started they came back to life - with a vengence. 

They flowered again and when those fell off the plant decided to just take over the world.

It's beautiful.

BACKING FOR LOG CABIN AROUND

 I got the backing for the Log Cabin Around made today.  I used some Log Cabin blocks I had made from that same scrap bucket that the front was made from.  And the rest of the fabrics are some old ones from my stash.

BLOCK 44

 It's Tuesday!  And it's time for Cheryl Arkison's Quilters Playcation.

Today we made block number 44.

I'm sorry Cheryl.  My block isn't anything like what she was teaching.

LOG CABIN AROUND TOP

 I've spent most of my free time sewing on this Log Cabin Around for the last week or so.  And today I got the top finished.  It finishes at 68" by 83".  Perfect.  And, happily, it's reduced two scrap buckets by quite a bit.

SEWING STRIPS TOGETHER

 I working on the Log Cabin Around, sewing scrap strips together, then sewing them Log Cabin style around and around and around.  Today I took time out to finish sewing all of the same sized strips together into long, long rolls.

The only thing left in the container are really narrow strips.