SNOWBALL PROGRESS

 I've been working on my Snowball top that was started in Sherri Lynn Wood's Improv That Block Squad workshop several weeks ago.

It's been slow progress.  I've only been inspired to work on one row at a time.  

Here's how it looks at this time.  

EASY PROJECT

 I needed some mindless, easy things to do this week.  I got out my scraps of reds, oranges and yellow-greens and cut some of them into strips of several different widths.

Then the last few days I've been sewing them into long strips.

I don't know what they'll end up being, but it was a very stress free project and they will be ready when inspiration strikes.

CHURN DASH IS A TOP

 I finally got the Churn Dash quilt top sewn together.

Afterwards, I cleaned up, put all the unused scraps back into their proper buckets and moved onto the next project.

STRIP SETS AFTER WORKSHOP

It was the next Improv That Block Squad workshop with Sherri Lynn Wood.  This month's block explores the Spider Web block.

We discovered two different ways to make the blocks. 

I worked on making my strip sets all day.

This is how many I have so far.

I choose to make my 'webs' in black in white for a couple of reasons.  One, the Black/White/Grey Scrap bucket is overflowing.  And two, I also remembered a memory from elementary school.  The teacher took us out behind the school in the morning, where the trees surrounded the playfield.  We took black construction paper and laid the wet spider webs on it then sprinkled flour or some kind of white powder onto them to capture a permanent record of our webs.  

Spiders are creepy, but I love the webs.

 

CHURN DASH SO FAR

 I've been enjoying working on the Churn Dash - making more blocks, moving them around, finding the best place for them.

This is how I'm leaving them for now.  Although, I might still move some.

GETTING BOLDER

 I decided to go ahead and sew together that bold yellow section.  At this point I'm liking it and it will stay.

I got to work on the next row, too.  Bigger pieces.

Then it's back to re-organizing those scraps.  There is no end to the scraps - the more I sew them together the more I make.  

MORE TREE TOPS

 More fun making Tree Tops and Angles, improv style.  I've been sewing together the smaller bits of the 'background' to make larger chunks to work with.  That takes up a lot of time.  But it is relaxing and enjoyable.  I like using up scraps.

And, its maybe a third of the size I want it to be.  I'm going to go about it differently with the next area.  The way I did it this time is painfully more difficult than I think it needs to be.  We'll see.

GETTING BIGGER

I've been working on the Improv Tree Tops quilt a little bit each day.  It's getting bigger, but I'm a long way from the size I'd like it to be.

 

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.

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.

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.

AROUND THE CABIN

 Went around and around the Log Cabin today, adding more strips.  

KEEP ON DASHING

I've made a few more Churn Dashes.  More to make.  Lots of scraps to use up.

 

BLOCK 42

 Here is the 42nd block I made after watching this week's Cheryl Arkison's Quilters Playcation 2024.  I spent about 3 hours piecing together all of these little scraps - I had a lot of scraps.  I'm glad I found a place for them.

QUILTING BLUE SLABS

 I've been quilting on the Blue Slabs project - which I have renamed "I'm So Blue".  I'm using a computer program that looks a bit like a Baptist Fan pattern.  I've always liked the look of that.

It's almost done. Just a couple more passes to make.

FLOATING THOSE SQUARES

I think I've finally figured out how to do Sherri Lynn Wood's Floating Squares.  I'm using those Aqua squares I cut out the other day and some yellow Art Gallery fabric.

It's a lot of fun, too!

 

WEEK 38

 Here's the improv block for Week 38 of Cheryl Arkison's Quilters Playcation 2024.  I used up some of the scraps I've been accumulating. 

BLUE SLABS TOP

 I decided I had to push forward and finish the top of the Blue Slabs.  I've been spending the last few days working on them.  Today I got the last of it done.

It's a top!  And, it needs a name.  And a backing.  And a label.

Tomorrow...

PILES OF SQUARES

 I saw Sherri Lynn Wood's Instagram post about cutting scraps into squares and I got motivated.

I grabbed my Aqua Scrap Bucket and started cutting, no ruler.

I now have a pile of squares all different sizes.