More Blue Scrappy and SAHRR Sewing

It’s been a busy week. Unlike those of you in the East, Midwest and South, we sure have had no precipitation to speak of for weeks. It’s scary thinking about what our water situation is going to be come summer, because unless things turn around in the next 2-3 months, even the mountains are hurting for snow. Some ski resorts are hoping they don’t have to shut down early. Having said that, however, I think of the mountain passes I’ll have to drive through come February when my cousin and I take off for a road trip to Western Colorado to handle my late brother’s estate business. And if it’s not icy and wintery in the passes, it won’t hurt my feelings. 

There was a lot of blue sewing this week. I made the second of two Rolling Stone blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge’s blue January.  The new one is on the left, last week’s is on the right. 

And then I got out my blue strings. As I’ve mentioned several times in the past, I like to sew my string blocks at 6.5” and in sets of 15 because that is how our Salt Lake Chapter of Quilts for Kids uses them in their quilt kits. So, I divided lights from darks and sewed 30 light blue blocks. Here they are trimmed, safety-pinned together into two sets on the design wall. 

I also did 15 darker blue blocks, but those have yet to be trimmed, so I’ll show them next week. 

Oh! I forgot to show you that I did indeed finish up the third row of the wedding quilt I’m sewing for my grandson. Exactly half of the 16” blocks are sewn now. I hope to pick this up again after next week. 

Last but not least (well, size-wise, they are the least) were these five Switchplate blocks. I started these last year, and will finish up what I need this year for a kid quilt. They’ll finish at 3x5”. I could’ve sworn I cut and sewed six of them, but one must’ve escaped. Or was perhaps detained by ICE. 

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And we’re off and running with the Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR)!  This week’s first round is hosted by Brenda at Songbird Designs. Brenda called for hourglass blocks. We can make them any size and place as many or as few as we want. 

I always try to make my center square starting blocks evolve into a rectangular quilt, because I prefer rectangular quilts, and so does our QFK (Quilts for Kids) chapter, where these will eventually end up. So, I placed my hourglass blocks on the tops and bottoms only of my two starting blocks. 

First, the Princess blocks. The hourglasses finish at 3”. 

On both blocks above and below, I had to add coping strips (fabric spacers) to the end of each row.  The Queen block, below, has slightly smaller-sized hourglasses, and I set them in a Broken Dishes layout.

There are lots of colors in each of these blocks, and I may try to use most of them at some point in the upcoming rounds; however, I want the dominant colors for the Princess to be pink and yellow and for the Queen to be red and gold.  I think these hourglasses work perfectly with the whimsy of these blocks! Thanks Brenda! Be sure to check out all the eye candy at Brenda’s linkup, HERE. 

And that was my week. There was also physical therapy, grocery shopping, card games at the clubhouse, and lots of talking on the phone to friends and family. So, all in all, Life is Good!