Scott and Sue Family

This is an RSC2022 project that finally got to completion this month. It’s called “Sweet Kisses” & has a scrappy low-volume background that’s hard to see with the sun on it, but I really love how it turned out. I worked on the blocks each month until my accident in Aug 2022. There are still some projects hanging around for me to finish, but I’m slowly getting them done.

Another RSC2022 project that needs work is this Tula Pink modern sampler. I had all the colors done except purple & orange before the accident, so I got the purple blocks done during Purple March. Yay!

Indigo Way Mystery Parts 4 & 5 by Bonnie Hunter finished this month!

Now for April RSC2024! I managed to get all the yellow blocks done for projects. You may recall that I intended to ease up this year in order to finish up WIPs, but projects proliferated! It can happen.

Two-Step from Lissa Alexander’s book “Scrap School” with 2.5″ squares in upper left; hearts on left are Patchwork Hearts by Quilty Love; below that are split 9-patches with 2.5″ squares. The large heart is Scrappy Hearts by Quilty Love & below that are four rail fence blocks with 2.5″ squares. On the right are the wonky Lori Holt paper pieced hearts.

I had surgery at the beginning of February, so there was no sewing until near the end of the month. But I managed to get some red 2.5″ squares done: Two-Step from Lissa Alexander’s book “Scrap School”; some split 9-patches; & rail fence blocks.

Slowly but surely, I’m making progress on Bonnie Hunter’s Winter Mystery, Indigo Way. Step 2 was done in late February. If I continue with one/month, I’ll finish late summer!

As February turned into March I decided to make some Scrappy Hearts by Quilty Love. These are large blocks so I only need a few for a throw quilt. We’ll see how they end up at the end of the year.

Purple Scrappy Heart

There’s been more sewing in March, now that my head can stand it. So I got the 2.5″ projects done in purple.

I did the two purple Patchwork Hearts I need for my layout for the pattern by Quilty Love. Then on to the wonky Lori Holt paper pieced hearts. I realized that I didn’t get the red ones made for February, so they will have to get done later in the year.

I used leftovers from another RWB donation quilt to make these for the current charity block drive by Cynthia Brunz. You can make some using these directions.

And this week I got the top done for Cherry Crunch by Bonnie Hunter! I started the low volume string blocks in January 2023, so it’s good have it done. It’s in the closet to await its turn at the quilter. I ended up making it smaller than the pattern, so I have a bunch of orphan blocks left to snowball into a baby donation quilt.

I started another RSC2024 project. How does this happen when I made a resolution to not go overboard?? Ah well. These are Patchwork Hearts by Quilty Love. I made the January green, then went ahead & made the February red. So this project is done for the month!

In January 2023 I posted that I had made all 448 of these string pieced 2.5″ x 4.5″ blocks for Bonnie Hunter’s Cherry Crunch. Then I planned to set them aside until the red month & put the corners on. Unfortunately, red occurred during the time we were moving & I was not doing my projects.

So this week I got right on these as soon as red was announced. It pinged in my brain that I wanted to get this top done! I’ve been putting on the corners, then sewing pairs, then pairs into blocks. I’m almost done with the blocks I need for a lap size quilt, then will have leftovers to make a donation baby quilt. So hopefully I can get these rows sewed & the borders made this month.