Isn't this print beautiful? I'm adding it to my Friends' Favourite quilt for sure.
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| First purple Scrap Jar Star |
Irish Star was next and I realized they are basically the same pattern as the big Scrap Jar Star. What???
I know!! I don't understand why it took me so long to see this too!
Anywho, four stars are done, and three more to go.
Then, it was Star Bloom's turn. Oops! Forgot to check on this one last month. I'll remedy it right away.
It turns out that four purple blocks were made last year so there is no additional one to do; there were only two green blocks though. So I whipped up two more.
The top left and bottom right are the newest blocks. While the green scraps were out, I added two more Irish Stars (Can't. Stop. Making. These!!) for a total of 6 green stars.
Following some cleaning up, I got more purple out. I found two 9-Patch that I didn't like the fabric combination as the colours were too similar. In my usual way, I took them apart. That's when I noticed that they were 2.5" on one side and 2.25" on the other side. Now I understand why they were gifted to me. Haha. So I cropped them down to 2!
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| Hairy purples |
I used some right away. Can you spot one? Two?
Finally, some Friends' Favourite blocks got started.
Weather-wise, Spring was skipped this year. We went from winter to summer within a week.
... this morning, April 15, 2023. There is still a bit of snow closer to the forest. The branches in front of the shed were cut from a maple that split during last week's ice storm.
We heard that in some places, they went without power for three days. I consider myself blessed.
Have a lovely weekend.
;^)
Joining some talented quilters here:
Angela at So Scrappy
Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts
Cynthia for Oh Scrap!
Sarah for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?
Wendy for Peacock Party
14 comments:
Hugs, ice storms are no fun. The purple paisley fabric is gorgeous and a great touch to use in your friends quilts.
Quite a productive week, Chantal. Enjoy your beautiful Spring day!! Will you be sewing out on the deck??? :o))
Lots of lovely (mostly) purple blocks... you were very productive..... gosh that was quite an ice storm..... but it looks like Spring has sprung for you
Hugz
You have some beautiful purple stars there, Chantal! I've always loved the ScrapJar stars, but now I'm stick on those Irish Stars. Do they go with the 25 patch blocks? We did the same thing here - winter to summer in one week! But back to spring-like temps and moisture a few days later.
Wonderful purple month! Keep going on the Irish Stars. I love mine ... I love all of Deanna's scrappy work. I'm still working on Star Kissed. I've always liked the Scrap Jar stars, but haven't made any yet. I hope you may yet get a spring. Ours has gone back and forth, but warm enough to be a continuous spring of everything opening in it's southern order here in E. TN. It's end of dogwood, start of Iris and Azalea this week. =)
Such a lot of lovely purples! I do love purple. Managed to pick up a bag of purple strips from a local charity shop this week for just 50p - couldn't leave them behind for that! Not going to use them this year though. Big change in your weather. xx
Tes blocs violets sont très beaux, et bien joué avec les petits carrés ! J'en ai trouvé 2 dans le bloc en bas à droite ;))
Drôle de météo...
Bises, et merci pour le partage !
Stars, stars, and more stars, you have been very busy.
What's better than stars and scraps? PURPLE stars and scraps! And that paisley print is absolutely delicious. Sorry about the ice storm, so much worse than just snow for knocking down trees and power lines.
It's been another year of crazy weather. I'm glad you didn't lose power! What fun blocks. . .each and EVERY one! I chuckled over the purple gifted scraps. . .I received some once that had a similar story and did the same . . . cut them down to two inches!
That gorgeous paisley print in the first photo can be used in so many ways. I'd fussy cut that flower and make it the center of a block. Seems like everyone is experiencing crazy seesaw weather swings. I'm in North Carolina right now and it's so nice to see the flowers, trees, and shrubs blooming.
Pat
I have a love of paisley, so that first fabric is a LOVE-LOVE! You have been sew busy! And all I do is sit here reading facebook and quilts n fabric blogs.
Beautiful purple fun. I can't even imagine an ice storm! Blessings,
Such wonderful designs with all your scraps. I love to play with pieces and create things as I can see you do. I echo the feelings of weather. Winter to summer and then back again here in Wisconsin.
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