3 at a time finish and Log jam pattern progress

 Good day and welcome to my blog.

I am reporting today my progress on working through my 1930's reproduction fabrics - scraps, strips, and pieces.  I reported in my last post that I had some progress on the pattern Three at a Time.  I can report now that the top is done, except for outermost borders, that will be unbleached muslin, 2 inches wide.

It is about 62-64 inches in size, nearly square, at the moment.

I then worked with 2.5 inch strips for the pattern Log Jam (free online).  Piles of individual blocks:

And partial assembly:

This shows 4 rows sewn together, out of a total of 9 rows.  I will continue this project this week.  Of course, these two projects barely made a dent in my piles.  I must find more patterns to use up my fabrics!

Linking up with Monday Musings, Sew and Tell at Melva Loves Scraps, Design Wall Monday, Wednesday Wait Loss, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, From Bolt to Beauty, I Quilted This! at Quilting and Learning, Frederique at Quilting, Patchwork, Applique, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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30's reproduction scraps & pieces - ack!

 Good day, and welcome to my blog, and my overwhelmed sewing area.

I have been sewing through my 1800's reproduction scraps and strips, making Duckworth blocks.  There is a dent in my storage boxes.

Next:  my 1930's and 1940's reproductions scraps and pieces.  I have three larger-than-shoebox sized containers and a plastic bag of pieces, squares, and strips.

Even a partial jelly roll:

I also unearthed a quilt top that I do not recall making!  Or when I did.  It's pre-Covid, for sure.

Edited to add: I found this information on this top.  It's a Chinese Coins pattern I made in August of 2018.

What to do?  I recently finished a 2021 quilt top using a pattern called Three at a Time.  It's a jelly roll patten using 2.5 inch strips.  I had a number of these strips already cut in the boxes.  I could cut more and set with unbleached muslin.

Here I am in progress.

But oh no!  Even with 30 - 40 different fabrics in this quilt, the same green fabric ended up next to another piece. (upper right)

I left it in.  Setting fabrics together randomly, it's bound to happen.  True:  If you have a group of 30 people or so, two people will have the same birthday (day, not the year).  Statistically it's bound to happen.  So a fabric piece will touch the same fabric.

Top in progress:

And, I made a doll quilt with some leftovers, about 16 by 20 inches:

Still, I have a lot of fabric left.  I have another pattern picked out.  I must find yet more patterns and sew faster.

Linking up with Monday Musings, Sew and Tell at Melva Loves Scraps, Design Wall Monday, Wednesday Wait Loss, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, From Bolt to Beauty, I Quilted This! at Quilting and Learning, Frederique at Quilting, Patchwork, Applique, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Finished quilts to charity

 Today I am documenting three quilt I am donating to charity.  The quilt guild I am a member of has connections to Hospice and other places to donate quilts.  I plan to deliver these three quilts to the charity coordinator next week.

A twin sized quilt, from a Bonnie Hunter pattern.  I set the blocks differently than her way.  I like the movement of the triangles - like flying geese.  The triangles are actually a constant very pale yellow fabric.

This is also a Bonnie Hunter pattern.  I believe it is called Crayon Box, and I resized the blocks for 2 inch cut strips, not 2.5 inch cut strips.

This is more of a throw sized quilt.  Those are 1930's reproduction fabrics.  I had forgotten about this quilt, so I don't think I'll miss it.  I hope all three of these quilts go to good homes.

Viridian

2nd set of Duckworth blocks now in a top

 Good day and thanks for stopping by my blog.

I am sharing today an assembled top, minus a border, of Duckworth blocks.  These are wonky or improvisational log cabin blocks, usually in one color or color family.  They are named after Joanne Merrill-Duckworth who sadly passed away in May of this year.  It's a good way to use up scraps and leftovers, if your scraps are in short or long strips, as mine are.

I did one set of blocks in pinks and browns.  Then I sewed a 2nd set of 64 blocks with a 4 patch center and all colors.  They ended up at 6 inches square.  As in the first set, I did not want to set them together in a quilt top.  Too much of a "fabric vomit" look or a dog's breakfast.  So I bordered the small blocks in beige and dark gray fabrics (as in my first set of Duckworth blocks).  Here are some blocks, laid out on my worktable.

And a finished top, but no borders.  The blocks are set 7 by 9 for 63 blocks total.

I have recently purchased border fabric, but it's for another project.  Maybe there will be enough left over for this project, maybe not.  Must assemble the other project first!

A close up:

The fabrics are all 1800's reproduction fabrics.  I have set this project aside for the moment.

Linking up with Monday Musings, Sew and Tell at Melva Loves Scraps, Design Wall Monday, Wednesday Wait Loss, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, From Bolt to Beauty, I Quilted This! at Quilting and Learning (she featured my last finish, thank you!), Frederique at Quilting, Patchwork, Applique, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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Viridian