I wanted to make a clever connection between blue scraps to Elvis' Blue Suede shoes in honor of his birthday today, but I'm just not that clever ...
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I pieced this 7-1/2 by 9 inch quilt-let from my blue scraps in the evenings after work this week. I hope to quilt and bind it this weekend and take it into the office and put it to good use as a mug rug next week. Coincidentally, on her blog this week, Angela blogged about using
blue strings to make star blocks. As you might guess from the heart block I featured in my little mug rug project (and the string heart in the Block Lotto Blog Button quilt), I enjoy using strings as fabric, too.
I also kept putting my triangle squares together and have completed eight 8-inch blocks.
I am liking them and know I will like them more when I start adding blocks in other colors. I'm already looking forward to finding out what the color for February will be. I confess I am also seriously considering spending some extra salary (from some OT this week) on a GO Baby to make cutting all those triangles from scraps a little faster.
To see what other Rainbow Scraps challengers made from their blue scraps this week, check out the Mr. Linky links on Angela's
Saturday Check-in on her blog, soscrappy.
11 comments:
Wow you are really getting a lot accomplished!! Go Baby --have you heard good things about it??
Blue suede shoes. Perfect! Who doesn't love blue?
What a sweet little mug rug. I can already imagine those blue blocks all lined up with the other colors. What a great quilt it will make.
I love how your stars have turned out. I also like your string heart! Amazing.
I really like those HST stars...great job!
Great heart, Sophie - funny enough I just posted last night that I needed some ideas for using strings (other than the standard string block) and this morning, I've visiting two blog and found 3 ideas. I should have visited before speaking, clearly!
love your triangles/stars! Might have to do something siilar next month! happy stitching
Well *I* think you're pretty darned clever! And that Blue Suede Shoes quilt is darned wonderful!
Your mug rug is lovely and those triangle star blocks are so pretty.
I love the way the stars seem sparkly! The mug mat will be the envy of everyone. Way to go!
Your star blocks are very pretty!
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