Scrappy Nine Patch Day Continued

My friends and I got together on Friday to make our scrappy nine patch blocks.  We had a lovely day, lots of craic and gorgeous food.  There were five of us - Ann, Mary, Liz, Hazel and myself.  We each brought 250 squares measuring 2 1/2 inches and we each gave away four bags of fifty squares.

I mentioned the squares that I had cut in a previous post Scrappy Nine Patch Day.  We arrived at Mary's house at 10am and sewed until lunchtime.



Mary looking very industrious

Mary's blocks

Ann gave everyone brown bags for all our squares.  These were mixed together and picked out at random and sewn to make our nine patch blocks.

Ann chain piecing

Ann's blocks

  

Hazel pressing her blocks

 



Hazel's blocks

Liz concentrating on her seams

Liz's blocks

My chain piecing

My nine patch blocks

Now this isn't as easy to do as you may think.  I love scrappy quilts but I generally would use only fabrics and colours that I have chosen for that particular project.  So in a way it was quite liberating. 

We sewed until late afternoon.  Liz brought two scrappy quilts with her to show us how pretty the scrappy blocks can look when paired with the right link fabrics.

Scrappy Four Patches

Scrappy Four Patches Again

Our next task now is to figure out how we want to incorporate our blocks into a quilt and then have another get together to show each other what we made.  I'll keep you informed when that happens.

My scrappy nine patches

The more I look at my nine patches the more they seem to be growing on me.  Well I must go now as it's getting late.

Bye for now.
Sandra

Books and Scraps

I had a very hectic week last week.  What with my classes starting, the boys going back to school, my daughter going back to uni and attending my great niece's Christening, which was wonderful.  So I must apologise for not having posted for a while. 

One of the nice things that happened on Friday was that I received my copy of "Sunday Morning Quilts" by Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison.  I have to say, that it was the front cover of the book which first drew me to it. The colours and simple style of the scrappy quilt that the little girl has pulled around herself as she goes down the stairs in the morning, just appealed to me.

I have been waiting for it for quite a while as it hadn't been released when I placed my order, but I am really pleased with the book.  Amanda Jean has a blog called crazy mom quilts which is well worth a visit.  Both Amanda Jean and Cheryl have great ideas on how to organise and use any scraps you may have.  I keep mine in plastic boxes which are starting to look a bit too full at the moment. 

My Scrap Boxes

Cream & Beige Scraps

Yellow-Orange-Brown & Red-Pink

Green Scraps

Blue Scraps

Red & Pink Scraps

So as you can see, I have some lovely scraps and I might try one of the projects in "Sunday Morning Quilts" to put them to good use.

I have found that amongst my own quilts, the scrappy ones are my favourites.  This is one from a book called "Simple Traditions" by Kim Diehl. I liked this book so much that I recently bought "Simple Graces", also by Kim and I absolutely love it as well. 

Country Stars
Pattern by Kim Diehl

Beautiful Scrappy Border

As my ironing won't do itself, I had better go now.  I'm looking forward to my scrappy nine-patch day at my friend Mary's house on Friday.  Hoping to get some nice pictures to show you all.

Bye for now.
Sandra