Saturday, October 3, 2026

Scrappy Saturday

Did you see what was chosen for the October color? It was posted on Wednesday—either light neutral or dark neutral. Hmmmm. I don’t know. I liked Angela’s suggestion to think about using the neutrals for sashing. I laid out my star blocks to see if I have enough for a quilt.

Well, I obviously need another block. I think I have another purple cut out—I just need to figure out where I put it. The blocks are 16” so if I add 2” sashing, the top will be 70” x 88” plus whatever I add for the border. A 6” border would make it 82” x 100”. That’s a little large for a quilt to donate to the graduation project. Maybe I can figure out something else to do with it. 

I didn’t bother to lay out my other blocks. I know I don’t have enough of these.


They are 10” blocks and I didn’t make as many of them as I did the stars. I think I will put this on my RSC list for 2027 and see if I can get enough to do a quilt. They are fast to make. I’m also thinking about string blocks and something with solids. Lots of decisions to be made, and I’m too tired right now. It can wait.

We got a little rain….the local news said 2.9”, but my rain gauge said 1.5”. That was for Thursday and Friday. I took a picture of the apple weather app, because I think they lie a lot.


I took the picture on Thursday and the temperatures have been fairly accurate. The rain, not so much. I’m thankful we have gotten what we got. 



5 comments:

  1. Those are such pretty blocks. Well, neutrals aren't going to help me, so I'll just catch up on August and September! Glad you got some rain, and looks like your temps are cooler too. Our grandson and wife are visiting our son & DIL in The Woodlands this weekend, and they went for a concert at the outdoor pavilion Thursday night and got a little wet. So the rain seems to be all over the state.

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    1. The rain is welcome here! I would love the get some more. The probability for today is 90% so it could happen.

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  2. Love, love, LOVE those scrappy Stars!!!

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  3. What a nice quilt that will be when finished! I love this time of year as we begin wrapping things up and preparing finishes in the RSC. The Neutral months are nice because they give me time to dig into my browns and grays (with blacks sometimes) to round out block collections or pare down those scrap buckets. I also try to focus on working with my multi-colored scraps that don’t often fit into a neat color category.

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  4. Those are such pretty star blocks! One more in purple sounds perfect. You could send some of that rain my way - northern Colorado is (too) warm and (too) dry!

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