Orange You Glad it is Orange Month?

This pile of scrap fabrics landed on my cutting board as it is
orange month  at the

Rainbow Scrap Challenge

Orange scraps managed ... cut into 1.5" squares.

This months colors are orange with brown.
I am adding green and yellow and other colors to the mix so it does not look
too Halloweeny with my black and white background fabrics.

As these are scrap blocks, the squares fall where they may
but I do keep the same fabrics from bumping up next to each other.

When I sew these small squares I do not
cut the threads between rows.

I just fold each row over the next row as I sew.

I find this is a good way to keep my squares organized as I sew.

6" Orange Postage Stamp Block # 1

Lovely orange linky party HERE

with lots of wonderful inspiration.

I love orange!

RSC ~ Transition Saturday

My first "transition" block of the day.

It is supposed to still be brown with pink month over at the

RSC 16

... but I had to cut more 1.5" pink and brown scraps ...

... so I started cutting other colors, too.

The thought is that since I am making a Postage Stamp Quilt
and I want the colors to blend well throughout the quilt
that I need some "transition blocks"
that have other colors in them.

Here is Transition Block #2

It seems that mostly green and purple scraps found their way into

my pink and brown blocks.

Then I picked up a couple of left over blue scraps from January 

and sewed them in with the greens and pinks and purples ...

... into Transition Block # 3

I have no idea what the March colors will be.

I may make transition blocks on the first and last Saturdays of the month.

I got started late on this challenge and only got one blue block made for January.

I need to go back and make more.

I really like using up my small scraps in these blocks.

Here are all my Rainbow Scrap Challenge Blocks 
sew far = sew good

Linking up today with all the scrappy goodness at

RSC Brown Wrap Up

Looking forward to making the March blocks.

I am going to be travelling next month and need a small project to pack and bring with me.

I will be visiting my daughter abd will have access to her small sewing machine.

I think I am going to cut a couple of baggies of 1.5" squares and
make this my sewing project
when I need a little fabric play time.

Mostly I will be playing with my grand-darling.

The Scraps, Ma'am, nothing but the Scraps ~ Part Two

These are teeny tiny HSTs cut from

 "the other side of the seam" 

when I sewed 

This Block

I trimmed them to 1.5" HSTs and made ...

... a little row of Broken Dishes Blocks

I also made another Postage Stamp Block

for the

Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2016

So this is my scrappy happiness for the weekend.

I have no idea what I am making with the row.

It is 2.5" by 11.5"

Maybe I will make some more rows from my cut-off, cast-off HSTs

and make a mini quilt.

Do you have drawers and boxes full of those HST cut-aways?

Or do you just toss them away?

What do you do with these bits of blocks?

For now I have put this little row next to the block it came from.

Maybe they will end up in the quilt together somehow.

I like this thought ... :) Pat

Scrappy Saturday

6.5" Postage Stamp Block

made with Thirty-Six 1.5" squares

for  my 

RSC 2016

started HERE

shades of chocolate with pink

nothing but the scraps

sewing

I also made three blocks for the

Rainbow Scrap Challenge Sampler 2016

Instructions for this 6.5" block,

"Patience Corners"

HERE

Linking up with all the other lovely scrappers

@

Rainbow Scrap Challenge @ So Scrappy

I always find sew much inspiration in the links!

:) 

The Scraps, Ma'am, Nothing But The Scraps

The Scraps

The cut

Piecing The Cut

The Block

This is a 6.5" Postage Stamp Block

made with Thirty-Six 1.5" squares

I made this block to use up small scraps for the

Rainbow Scrap Challenge @ So Scrappy

Lots of great quilts in progress in the links!

:)