life gets so busy: tasks, responsibilities, jobs, relationships, to-do lists... i really appreciate the direction, creativeness and camaraderie of my RSC friends and sewing!
13 (Kona) framed 9 patches were completed for April's pink. (a few of them definitely lean toward salmon. there may be a few more salmon blocks lurking in the orange jar; i'll find out when we get there in a few months...
18 more "two step" blocks joined the party, too.
crumb blocks:
Where I Started (January 2022)
How It's Going (April 2022)
i discovered Angela's RSC monthly colors in January of 2014. i've been piecing crumb blocks ever since: RSC14, RSC15, RSC16, RSC17, RSC19 and RSC20, only taking a break during the years of RSC18 and RSC21.
somehow, the jars never get empty! (they do look pretty, though, don't they?!) you can see that even though the colors red, aqua and yellow have already been done for RSC22, there's still some seeds of colorful scraps in there to grow for next year!
also: looks like i'll be very busy in the months of green, grey and blue! and i didn't even get started on pink yet. maybe this week... i had a {commissioned} wedding quilt to finish, and grandbaby #7 {a girl} will be here in a few weeks. i have her fabric, the pattern and a date with the long arm quilter. i plan to start that quilt today...
if you have eagle eyes, you'll notice that there are no browns or blacks in the gallon jars on my shelf: TOO MANY! i mentioned in my last post that i had decided to get a head start on Novembers brown/black colors. good thing i have a head start!
when i'm ready to piece the crumb blocks, i sort the color from the jars into monochromatic piles on paper plates. (no picture, sorry. it turned out terrible. but here's how Julie does it, which is exactly how i do it. after the initial sorting of colors, it makes the mindless piecing of the crumb blocks mindless and relaxing.) i had 16 plates of different tans, browns and blacks. if i remember correctly, these crumb blocks are from 4 or 5 of the plates...
thanks for stopping! thanks for looking! thanks for commenting! i read every comment, and *sometimes* even reply! and i'm a faithful, lurky visitor to most of the RSC linkups every weekend!
6 comments:
Yes, those crumb jars on the shelf are so pretty! But it's fun to see them get empty. You know they'll just fill up again! Ha!
Nice progress on your PINK scraps, Jennifer!! You managed to take a nice layer off your jar. And, wow, I'm surprised by how much you got done during your "head start" on dark neutrals last month!
I love your crumb jars all full of pretty color on the shelves! Much better than my plastic bins!
Framed four patches are fun, I'm doing some of those too. Your jars full of colourful scraps look so pretty! And you have certainly been busy whipping up crumb blocks.
Love those colorful jars of scraps. Your framed patches are going to make such a fun quilt. Good luck with the commission and baby quilts.
I did notice the nearly empty jar compared to the others. Thought it was because you tended not to work in neutrals and blacks. Wrong. Don't know how you find the time to work ahead with all you do.
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