Sunday, March 15, 2015

RSC and Tula Pink

It is a rare treat when one of my daughters' decides to join me in my sewing area, but today it happened. My younger daughter and I started working through Tula Pink's book of blocks last summer. We put the numbers 1-100 in a bowl and when we finish one block we draw out a number to determine our next block. When we finish we will each have made 50 blocks and we plan to put them into one big quilt. We aren't rushing this and are just working on a block here and there whenever the fancy hits us. Here are the two blocks I made today.
We are just using random scraps. I wish I could say this is making a dent in our scraps but it really isn't! I think we have made a total of 25 blocks so far. Here is the book we are using. I love it!

 
I think I mentioned last week that I wouldn't get much sewing done and I was right! I was hoping to get more cutting done, but I didn't get much of that done either! Let's focus on the positive. For the yellow rainbow scrap challenge I cut out enough squares for two baby quilts...yea! Also in the picture a few 5 inch squares to add to my charm collection. You can see what others are making in yellows here!

I plan to work on putting these tops together at our guild retreat at the end of the month. Now that it is cut the temptation to start sewing is great!!

I also finished my geese for our guild's mystery quilt 2nd clue. I am so excited that I am keeping up so far! 

I used the method Bonnie Hunter taught us at a class for using the scrap triangles to make bonus HST. I didn't take a picture but I made 96 bonus 3.5 inch HST!! I was tickled with that! I'm not sure how I will use them, but it was fun not to add that extra scrap fabric to a scrap pile or the trash :) 

The goal for this week is to work on the Twirling Hexagon quilt to get it ready to take to retreat and to start cutting the fabric for my daughter's graduation quilt so I can also take it to retreat. I did sit down and figure up a game plan for her quilt, so that is a little progress, right??







8 comments:

  1. I've seen several bloggers working through Tula's book, but your idea for drawing the blocks by number sounds like fun! What great memories will be sewn into the finished quilt!

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    1. The Tula Pink blocks really come together nicely. I think the drawing numbers idea was my daughter's idea. She has ended up with a lot of blocks that have a lot of pieces in them, but she has still tackled them and they have turned out nicely! It is a fun book and project!

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  2. You got a lot accomplished girls. Wow. Staying caught up with the 2015 Mystery quilts. Congratulations!
    Looking forward to seeing the yellow baby quilt come together : )

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    1. Yes, Sheila, I am excited to be caught up with the mystery. I don't think that has ever happened! I may fall behind in the coming months though. April and May are going to be busy for me! Hope you are feeling better!

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  3. My goodness! How long are you on retreat? The amount of stuff you are taking, I would need 2 weeks. LOL.

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    1. I know, I am totally going to overpack! Realistically I will probably only get one baby quilt top together. hahaha! But you never know....I may stay up all night and get a second top together ;) At any rate, it's a good excuse to get some things ready to piece!

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  4. You definitely got a lot done. Great job!

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  5. Have fun with those Tula pink blocks. They seem to work up pretty quickly. Glad you got some yellows cut and organized. Sometimes that is half the battle.

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