Sunday, January 26, 2020

Monday Making


Today I will play with the 16-patches made from the light and limey greens pulled from the 1.5" barrel.  I didn't have enough of the red chicken wire fabric, but found a close red in my homespuns.  So half the blocks will be set wire and half in plaid.

I like to make geese blocks with the flip-and-clip method so I have the bonus triangles.  Since these are small, I'm setting them as hour-glass blocks and they might just go into the border for this OR maybe a pillow top to go with the quilt.


I'll use the Shoe Fly blocks as leader/enders while working on those stars.  I have 70 blocks so far and not sure how many I will set the limit to yet.  They are cute!!  AND they are using up some of the smallest scraps.  Because someone will ask, I'm using a 2.5" center and 1.5" HST with 1.5" x 2.5" braces - making them 4.5" unfinished.

Linking up with Beth  

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon 

9 comments:

loulee said...

Your shoo flies are tiny!
The red stars really pop around the green scraps.

Rebecca said...

I am IN LOVE with those little star blocks! Toooo stinkin' cute!

Barbara said...

Oh...I love those 16-patch stars! What a great way to use up some small scraps.

BillieBee (billiemick) said...

Pretty little stars.

maggie fellow said...

My shoofly blocks are not growing as fast as I would like. Your blocks are fun

kiwikid said...

I am in awe!! So many little pieces being used up into beautiful blocks.

sewyouquilt2 said...

Love your blocks. The red and green are pretty and the shoe fly blocks are adorable

The Joyful Quilter said...

I absolutely LOVE both of these projects!! SEW classic. And...SEW scrappy!

Marie said...

Can't go wrong using up all those scraps - at least not in my book. Sweet blocks!