Still more squares: so 25 patches it is

 Good day and welcome to my quilting blog, where I document my progress on my many projects.

My last post was about the second top I made from a variety of 2 inch square scraps from 2 shoe boxes.  Two quilt tops depleted the shoe boxes somewhat, but there are quite a few scraps and strips left:

So, I started a series of 25 patch blocks.  I may have to make a big quilt top to use these all up.  Here are my stacks of 2 inch squares, ready to go:

Some strips were too skinny, and some squares too small or ragged:

 

But I have started:

Each block will finish at 7.5 inches square.  I have a long way to go.  I hope to vary my fabrics, and not have a bunch of ugly err, less loved fabrics at the end.  So these strips (below) went back in the shoebox, to be pulled out later, to brighten the selection.

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Current progress on 2 inch squares projects

 Hello, and welcome to my blog.  After the rush of the holidays I was able to get back to my sewing area and make some progress.

I had two shoe boxes overflowing with 2 inch fabric strips and squares, and I made a a top using the Clean Up pattern, by Quilted Twins.  It is described in my previous blog post.  This did not deplete the shoe boxes very much, and I made another top using the 2 inch fabric squares and a constant sage green fabric.  It looks like this:

And a close up view: 

This top is now about 53 by 67 inches.  It used up scraps at a slower rate, so this is what my shoe boxes look like now:

Argh.  I am now prepping 2 inch squares for a quilt block 5 by 5 squares, with some narrow sashing, which ought to use these squares faster.  Let's make lots of blocks!  That's this week's project.

I also got distracted by a new project.  I purchased a jelly roll of ocean fabric and I am making log cabin blocks, along with my Stashbuster group.  The image below shows 15 bigger blocks, and a pile of 5 blocks that got lost behind the sewing machine, and need some more strips sewn on.  I am waiting on an infusion of more fabric from this fabric line.

The jelly roll had many strips of medium value, so it's been a fun challenge.  That's my update for this week.

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Next 2 inch square top

I am reporting on my current project involving scrap 2 inch squares.  I had two shoeboxes full of short and long strips and miscellaneous squares. 

To back up, the shoeboxes looked like this a few weeks ago, overflowing:

I cut strips from old old stash to use it up.  I then made a pattern called Clean Up from Quilted Twins, as outlined in THIS POST.

I used up many of the long 2 inch strips, sewing them together, then cross cutting them.  The (almost) final top looks like this:

I added some more 2 inch squares to the right and left hand sides, to make the quilt top a little wider.

Now the shoe boxes looked like this:

The strips are a little fluffed up, I'll admit.  Still so much fabric!  What to do?  Go back to the Quilted Twins website and find another pattern I guess.  I picked Light and Dark, but, I used leftover backing fabric for my 'darks'.  I had some sage green fabric, not quite wide enough for the quilt projects I do.

(The batting is still attached - I removed it).  I alternated the sage green fabric with my scraps, making strip sets and cross cutting them (right):

On the left: individually cut scraps alternating with the sage green fabric.  

One block, laid out:

And four blocks together:

I am using up the scraps at a slower rate with this pattern.  I now have 6 blocks done, but each block finishes at 15 inches, so I have a ways to go.  How much of those 2 inch scraps will I use up?  Will I run out of sage green fabric?  We shall see.

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Hollyhocks: A quilting UFO prevention

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  Today I am reporting a finish.  It is bound and this prevents this quilt from becoming a UFO - an unfinished object.

I had purchased the pattern for this quilt a long time ago (it's copyrighted 2002!), and it languished in my quilting space.  This year I bought some batik fabrics, and it was time to sew it up.

I blogged about it this summer: https://viridian61.blogspot.com/2024/08/hollyhocks-now-top.html

The finished top was sent to the long armer I use - always a wonderful job - and it's back and bound.

A close up of the quilting pattern:

The pattern is Posy Patch/Hollyhocks. By U Can 2, Quick and Easy quilts by Eileen Sullivan copyright 2002.  Quilt finishes about 50 by 60 inches, I think.

As it is done, it does not carry over into next year.  Remember I play the UFO game as mentioned in my last post. 

It's Thanksgiving week here in the USA.  Hope you have a great one.

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