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Friday, April 3, 2015

Purple Scrapple Eater

Hooray! Today I finally dragged myself off my death bed (OK, a slight exaggeration; but I’ve had the Cold From He** for 3 days).  Nothing like playing with fabric to get me going!

So, April is the month for Purple in our Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  I seem to have quite a bit of purple, but some of it is reserved for other things (am I allowed to do that?)  No matter. The first plan is to get the two large blocks of Wonky Log Cabins done, each consisting of 4 smaller blocks.  As you can see, I have done four:


I need to get more variety in there, methinks, so I may have to “unreserve” some of my other  purple scraps.

And since I only posted one of my yellow blocks last month, I want to show you that I actually did finish TWO - and all before month end.


I even played with these blocks on my design wall, but as you can see, my design wall is so small as to be nearly useless.


I'm working on a plan in my studio to shuffle things around.  Part of the plan involves getting rid of some storage cabinets that take more room than they give, if you know what I mean. And then replace them with something from IKEA (oh darn, a trip to IKEA!!!), move my bookshelf, and I will have a whole area about 7.5 x 7.5’  to rig something up as a design wall.  That’s still not big enough for queen quilts, but it’s manageable.  

If you have scraps, why not join us for Scrap Happy Saturday with Angela ?!?

Cathy maroon
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11 comments:

  1. Carol- Beads and BirdsApril 4, 2015 at 7:26 AM

    Love these blocks. I like the idea of getting rid of scraps by color challenge too. I wish I had an IKEA near. You would think a college town like South Bend/Notre Dame would command enough business to plop one in, but no. We get Costco with a $55 a year membership. Don't get me started...lol.
    Happy Easter.
    xx, Carol

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  2. scraphappyApril 4, 2015 at 12:33 PM

    Enjoy your Ikea trip. The best way to unreserve fabrics is to finish things up, but stealing them out of project bins always feels so good!

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  3. JulieroseApril 4, 2015 at 12:40 PM

    Just lovely blocks for RSC15--I like the B/W backgrounds on them a lot...hugs, Julierose

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  4. NannApril 4, 2015 at 2:16 PM

    Your log cabins look great! I like the black-and-white backgrounds.

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  5. Lisa J.April 4, 2015 at 2:54 PM

    I love these blocks. I really love the newspaper look background.

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  6. LA PaylorApril 4, 2015 at 3:30 PM

    wait, I'll be right over to go to ikea with you... always love going there. The color plus black and white is terrific.
    I am just getting over the same horrible head cold... third since December for me. Then the pollen started... I look like permanent black eyes girl. LeeAnna at not afraid of color

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  7. Magpie's MumblingsApril 4, 2015 at 3:56 PM

    Ikea? Can I come?? Our closest store is two hours away and I don't get to go very often. Probably a good thing! Your blocks are wonderful and so glad to hear you're on the mend.

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  8. Scrappy quilterApril 4, 2015 at 4:16 PM

    I continue to really like those blocks. Have fun at Ikea!

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  9. PaulaB quiltsApril 4, 2015 at 6:51 PM

    You are fortunate to have space for a design wall. I hope it works out. I do not have an area that I can reach, so have to do temp layouts on the floor, then take pics with my iPad. Good luck, your blocks are lovely.

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  10. JanieApril 6, 2015 at 9:13 PM

    Log cabin blocks are fun! I love what you've done with yours.

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  11. SheilaApril 7, 2015 at 12:39 AM

    Love your RSC blocks. I gave up on a design wall and use the floor.
    By the way, I have been know to cut into my stash when I ran low of scraps so I could play along with rainbow scrape challenge each week.

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