Remember I showed you the centre of
Jo's quilt for our
Around the Bend and Across the Pond Round Robin a few weeks back? Well I've finished the first round.
After all the time I spent with solids working on my FLQS top, I just didn't want to stop, and as Jo had asked for 'bright colours mixed with white' I thought I could get away with a few more solids here.
So I got out my scrap bag and made these little 'double scrap' 2" squares, then bordered each with a bright solid. After adding an aqua border to the original centre, I sashed all the little blocks in white, and somehow it all worked out and fitted together! Usually my maths or my seam allowances are all off, so I was very pleasantly surprised that this all worked.
Now to send it off to
Pam and wait and see what she will do next. Meanwhile I have received
Dee's but have another Month before I need to get that finished and sent on (phew!).
I love using up scraps and often start straight away with left over bits and pieces after finishing a project. As I had made my curved blocks for the FLQS top a bit bigger so I could trim to size, I had lots of strips left. I sorted these into 3 lengths and sewed them together. I thought I could make at least one of them into a little extra for my partner.
I was thinking needlebook, but have already had a suggestion of a mug rug (I hardly dare admit that I have never actually made a mug rug - I guess there is a first time for everything!).
Any more ideas from my dear readers?
And as we are covering colourful squares today, I thought you might like to see the progress I am making on my Psychedelic Granny Circles.
That's 20 done with 80 more to go before the end of April!
