Scrappy Saturday ~ No Sew Today

 For those of you who have been asking and wondering,

this is the state of my progress on my 

Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt

When I  Last Updated Here

 I had just started machine piecing 12 Dresden Plates

 to applique to the center on my B Blocks. 

I have all of the fan blades done

but I can only get a few minutes here and there on my machine,

none of it the last few days.

My sewing machine has been covered.

Mr. Scrapatch has been working when he can on a home improvement project in our living and dining room that has the furniture moved and lots of stuff in boxes. Our modest home is almost 125 years old and he is covering the very worn and warped oak boards on the floor with the new cushioned laminate flooring that we have in bedrooms. Somedays my sewing machine is boxed in by the other furniture.  My computer table is also a storage area sometimes, so my online time is very limited.

I have been crocheting and I have started a new project.

More on that tomorrow.

May you and yours have a safe and happy weekend. 

Scrappy Saturday Sewing

My Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt has an addition to the plan.

I saw a completed top in the Coriander Quilts Facebook Group 

in lovely 30's fabrics that combined

 the Irish Chain Blocks with Dresden Plates 

and had to borrow the idea. 

A Dresden Plate bed quilt has long been on  my quilty list.

The combination of these two blocks was iressistable. 

Sew I am sewing Dresden Plate Blades today.

It has been a snowy day here and I have been cutting and sewing.

 Mr. Scrapatch has also been busy on a home improvement project in the living/dining room, so I have had to do my cutting on my kitchen table today while the snow piled up outside my door. In the end we had 11+" of heavy icy, wet stuff.

I am using up scrap strips so my blades ...

are cut from 5" by 2.5" rectangles. 

This is my planned layout.  

I will cut the center circles from the same green print as my outer chain. 

This does add much more cutting sewing to my work in process 

but the finished quilt will be sew wonderful!

I hope all of you are having a happy and safe weekend. 

10 Quilts ~ 10 Days ~ Day 5 / Scrappy Saturday

 

10 Quilts ~ 10 Days ~ Day 5

This is my

 Pink Scrappy Stripes & Curves Quilt

I started this quilt with a pile of scrap fat quarters, smaller scraps and leftover yardage from other quilts.

Then I made a pieced Improv Dresden block for the

Scrappy Fan Blade Block ~ Curves Challenge

In order to duplicate the original blocks,

I made my own templates to cut the curves for the rest of my blocks.

When it came time to set the blocks and design the top,

I used fabrics from my stash.

The background whites are scrappy, too.

There are pieces of four different white tonals.

Inside on the sofa, the whites all blend in together,

but outside in natural light, the different shades of the whites are easily seen.

Some of the white-on-whites are creamier than others.

The color variations in the background do not bother me.

I used it as a design element and think it adds depth and definition.

This quilt has always been one of my Maestro's favorite nap places.

I chose this scrappy quilt for day 5 of my Quilt Show 

because today is Scrappy Saturday!

I love playing with my scraps.

I am still piecing blocks for my 

Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt

One more block to finish before I can layout and pieces my top.

Time to Sew!

Happy Scrappy Saturday! 

Scrappy Saturday Sewing with the Scrapatch Cats

 

The kitties and I have been busy sewing more scrappy blocks for our

Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt

Maestro prefers to help in my piecing and pressing area. 

Maestro has been sew helpful.

Here she is staring at me because I am not winding more bobbins.

Maestra loves winding bobbins and would carry them away 

to inspect them for quality issues, if permitted. 

Nutmeg prefers to help with on the cutting table and with block layout. 

Nutmeg gives the "tail of approval" to proceed with this block. 

Once in awhile, kitty needs her nap in my cutting table kitty bed. 

I make good use of this time.

I now have seven of the Block A units finished.

Six more to go! 

Happy Scrappy Saturday Sewing ! 

Scrappy Saturday Sewing

 

My plan for Saturday is to stay warm and sew scrappy.

My quilty corner of the world is under the bitter polar vortex 

that is sweeping through the northeastern USA and eastern Canada. 

Temperatures here dipped to -14 degrees F ( -25C) 

with a wind chill to -40 degrees F.

We are all safe and snug in our little house.

These are the fabrics that I have cut for my blocks.

This is my layout for my Block B.

I need to make a total of 12 blocks for the 

Scrappy Irish Chain Scrap Along Quilt.

So I am chain piecing all of each size strip at a time.

I will be scrappy sewing into Sunday and all next week.

I hope you are having a happy and warm weekend.

Scrappy Saturday ~ Scrappy Irish Chain Fabrics

 

I have decided to restart my sewing skills by making the 

Scrappy Irish Chain Quilt

featured in my last post. 

I am making a yellow and blue and green quilt!

I have printed the pattern and Corey Yoder's background fabric cutting chart

Here are the fabrics that I have pulled from my stash. The jelly roll at the top is one of my oldest treasures. I have two charm packs of the prints and a charm pack of the wovens, too.  It is Sunshine by April Cornel for Moda fabrics.  The charms in the front are from a newer Corey Yoder line called Spring Brook.  The pieced fabrics are left from a project made with the scraps from my Favorite Bed Quilt reposted here on my I Like Thursday post. I will also be including other random blue, yellow and green scraps.

This cream background and green fabric is from 

Birdsong by Pat Sloan for Benartex

You may purchase these fabrics 

Birdsong by Pat Sloan @ Fat Quarter Shop

via my affiliate link where

I will receive a small percentage of the sale at no extra charge to you.

This fabric is from last summer and is still available in many shops.

I really like the soft green in this fabric line.

I bought a panel and some fat quarters and the lovely creamy neutral.

It is the last stash purchase I have made

 other than the bee fabrics for the baby quilt.

I am committed to sewing my stash this year

and keeping any fabric purchases to a minimum

 with only occasional visits to my local quilt shop.

Today is Local Quilt Shop Day

So I will be visiting my favorite local quilt shop ...

Bits n Pieces Quilt Shop in Pelham, NH

when I take my afternoon break.

This morning I hope to have at least one Scrappy Irish Chain Block done. 

May you have a happy Scrappy Saturday! 

Scrappy Saturday Sewing & Battening Down the Hatches

 

This has been Week 3 Triangles for 30 Days of Improv

After I cut my free form triangles ...

... and sewed my five blocks ... 

... I sewed together the triangle scraps in my basket in random order.

If the scrap fits, I sews it. 

As I was trimming and squaring my block, 

... the idea popped into my head to sew a triangle shaped block.

As I did not have enough scraps left in my basket to sew the top of the triangle,

I decided to use my equilateral triangle ruler to cut one large triangle from one of my layer cake squares. 

I sewed this to the top of my random scraps block.

I had to add a few more bits to the edges to get a perfect triangle

and the I trimmed.  I will add setting triangles of the blue background fabric when I lay out my quilt. 

The rest of today will be spent taking down outside canopies and swings and lawn furniture and tucking them in the sheds.  Then we will be taking down the hanging baskets and setting them and the window boxes against the house and other sheltered places. 

Time to batten down the hatches as the hurricane churning up the east coast is headed for a direct hit on our quilty corner of the world.  

This morning we filled the feeders so the birds could get a good meal ahead of the storm.  Then we will take these down, too, and put away anything that could become flying debris.

As we are inland, we will most likely just get a lot of rain and some gusty winds.

Hopefully, our power will stay on.

If not, I shall be hand stitching by window and candle light.

May you and yours stay safe and well and free of harm.

Scrappy Saturday ~ Fabric Play ~ Simple Mug Rug

 

I like to "rug a mug" with my scraps.

 I had these these little cutoff triangles from a recent project

and rather than throw them away or collect even more of them in my scrap boxes,

I like to take them a play with them and sew something useful.

So I sewed then together and picked a scrap of the focus fabric 

to make something large enough for a coaster or a mug rug.

Then I found a scrap of batting  and cut an oversized backing piece

from a scrap piece of fat quarter.

I cut it oversize to make a "self-binding" to keep this project quick and easy.

Ready to quilt. 

My heavy duty walking foot was still attached to my machine from finishing 

the main project made with these fabrics so this entire project

was sewn with my accu-feed foot on my Janome 6600P. 

I quilted simple and easy, straight line stitch-in-the-ditch.

For binding, I simply folded the backing fabric twice and machine

stitched it to the front.

I fold a mitered corner and stitch each side separately,

inserting my needle down into the inside corner of my miter

to start stitching.

This makes neat corners and a pretty edge.

I do not stress if a corner is not perfect.

This is a mug rug that will be spilled on and washed many times.

I really like to make mug rugs with my scraps.

It gives me a pretty accent to put on a side table or nightstand

to match my quilts.

My "snoopervisor" for this project was Ms Katniss,

who likes to peek through the handle in the side of the baskets 

set on high on top of the bookshelf.

May you have a Happy Scrappy Saturday!