25 patch blocks have depleted my stash

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I have been pursuing my 25 patch blocks as a way to use up my 2 inch strips and squares.  I had two shoe boxes full, and the amount never seemed to go down.  What my boxes looked like at the beginning of the 25 patch project:

But I now have 56 25 patch blocks that have used up almost all this fabric!  That's 1400 2 inch squares for those who are counting.

Here are some of those blocks, laid out on my brown carpet:

All colors are here.  I plan on using a fabric the color of unbleached muslin as sashing.  It's leftover from a wide back.

Shoe boxes now, and leftover squares:

I threw away thin fabric strips and a few cotton-poly blends that had sneaked in there.  When this project is a top I will have no qualms about throwing the few 2 inch squares and strips away, and re-purposing the shoe boxes for another project.  There is always another project.

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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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