Cold Ouside, Warm Inside

It’s been freezing cold here in the valley. Below freezing actually, in the 20’s (F). We had an inch of snow one morning this week, but mostly it’s just been clear and cold. The highlight of the week was a coffee date to Barnes & Noble. Otherwise, it’s just been talking with family, grocery shopping, a mammogram, and a couple short, brisk walks in the neighborhood. And sewing. Always sewing. Oh, and always laundry, too - I call it the biggest ball and chain of the household. 

But I got a lot of sewing done. Having a rotating color palette with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) helps, as does making lots of smaller quilts for Quilts for Kids. There’s plenty to show you.

I finished the cool-colored quilt made from last year’s RSC split nine-patch blocks. Like the Rainbow Candy warm-colored version I showed last week, this one finished at 42x48”.  I don’t know why some colors have plain white backgrounds and others have low-volume white print backgrounds. I must’ve forgotten about those somewhere along the way! The backing was this aqua piece from my stash.

The second quilt I finished was a leftover from Red January. Several red scraps were combined with navy and white scraps, some from my stash and some from Quilts for Kids (QFK) to make this little quilt.

This one finished at 40x45”.  I was able to work in more of those &*@% selvage half hexies. I’ve got plans for the rest of them as well throughout the year. Good riddance! That navy print fabric on the back? The date on the selvage is 1993. I’m sure many of you will recognize “the” rosebud print of that era!

I finished Round Three of my Stay at Home Round Tobin (SAHRR). My post about it, which includes the backstory on the design choices made, is here.  This is the piece after Round Three.

After all that, it was time to move on to my RSC blocks for February. The color(s) this month are Aqua/teal/turquoise; basically the blue/green range.  First up, two Antique Tile blocks that finish at 12”.

And then 10 Framed Four-Patch blocks that will finish at 8”.

I’ve started, and actually made good progress on, the two little quilts I hope to finish in the coming week. The first one is aqua and pink scraps centered (mostly) around this mermaid scrap.

It’s actually ready to pin baste, so watch for that one next week. The second quilt, which was also pulled from my QFK projects for aqua February, is these aqua, blue and gray dinosaurs. I had cut the blocks out last year but never started sewing. However, it worked out for the best because in the meantime I was given more scraps from QFK which included more of the polka dot fabric. 

This will be a quilt of Happy Blocks, but right now only the two in the top left are sewn. This should be a fun afternoon of chain piecing today or tomorrow. 

Finally, I have a cute photo to show you which came to me from an extended family member. I hope your inner squirrel isn’t offended . . .

Just add squirrel!! 

See you mid-week for a Stay at Home Round Robin update! Linking to:

Scrappy Saturday at Angela’s blog