A Possible New Project?

One of my goals for the last couple of months has been to think about a new challenging long term project. After hours of scrolling Pinterest and playing in EQ, I may have something. 

But it involves templates, paper piecing, and tight curves. Do I really want to do this? I need to make a test block to try it out. So of course I had to first make the templates and paper piecing segments. 

This certainly meets the criteria. It's neither fast nor easy. Let's see where this goes. 

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Positively Scrappy Progress

The Plus blocks are all made and are up on the wall, but not carefully placed yet. I need to move them around so that the same fabric isn't touching itself or in line with itself. And I see two patches that are too dark that need to be replaced, easy fixes at this stage. 

Even though the background fabrics are all low volumes and the Plus fabrics are black or charcoal variations, this quilt has A LOT of color and print in it. So different from how I usually do low volume backgrounds. 

After I get these blocks arranged, I'll make the ones for the tops and bottoms of the half-drop columns. I don't want to make them until I know which fabrics they'll be adjacent to, so I can avoid using those same fabrics. 

These blocks will finish at 8" so the quilt will be 56" by 72", a good size for a throw. 

As is often the case, this new project captured my attention and has completely taken over. I haven't touched any of the other WIPs on my to-do list. Funny how that happens...

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Positively Scrappy, Not Yet Ready for the Design Wall

Once again, I saw something inspiring on Pinterest. It was credited to "StitchMischief, Dec. 2020," but I can't find the link now. It's a scrappy quilt similar to but not the same as Scrappy Serendipity. This design features dark Plus motifs on a colorful low volume background. Here's the inspiration photo: 

Credit: Stitchmischief, Dec. 2020, via Pinterest

Edited 9/9: Link to image source: Instagram

In my ongoing efforts to use up scraps and stash, I pulled out everything that could work for the black or charcoal plus shapes. Then I pulled out all the harder-to-use low volumes, the ones with light grounds but a lot of color or pattern or contrast in them. After raiding my scraps, I also cut bits from yardage. Didn't make a dent! 

Now I'm in the process of making blocks. I think I'll need 54 of them. 

Just a few more needed, then I can lay them out on the design wall. Like Scrappy Serendipity, this design uses a half-drop layout, so I'll have to make end blocks for some of the columns. 

One of my goals last month was to think about a new long term project. This is the project that called to me, not long term at all, but I am having fun with it. 

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