Friday, February 10, 2023

🌈RSC Pink🌸

February's Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) is pink!!! I'm doing 6 x 6 postage stamp blocks this year, using my 2 1/2" collection, mostly cut from leftover bits as I'm cutting out quilts!!!
As you can see in the photo below, pink is the color I have the 2nd most of, after January's blues!!! ⤵️
Judy @ Busy Hands Are Happy Hands asked last month how I'm assembling these blocks, so I thought I'd share that this month. 
First of all I lay out my squares on my design boards. If you haven't made any design boards yet, go to Lori Holt's Bee In My Bonnet Design Board tutorial and make yourself several. They are super handy and super cute!!! Get your foam board from the Dollar Tree. I'm using 15" square design boards for this project.  I have 10" and 20" square boards, too, that I use for smaller and larger blocks. It's handy to have an assortment, as you'll notice on Lori's video--it looks like she has dozens of them in 4 sizes!!!

Here's a quilter who makes her design boards using glue stick and fusible web, rather than a glue gun: YouTube. And another similar vid here: YouTube. I've switched to the fusible web making style, as it is easier to work with, especially using a mini iron in the process. 
I take the loaded design board to my sewing machine and "web" my block together. Bonnie Hunter coined this word for sewing quilt blocks together. It's basically chain piecing without breaking the thread--I do the vertical rows first, beginning on the left hand side.
Then at the ironing board, I press the seams in the opposite direction by row, starting with down for the back right hand row, up for the next row, etc. This gives me, for the next round of sewing, 3 rows where the top seam is up and 2 rows where it's down. Seams nest best when the top seam is up, so there's a bit of an advantage to having 3 rows oriented that way.

Next sew the horizontal rows. With the nested seams, it's a snap to match the intersections! Then I "set" each seam and press them all the same direction. 

That's my method! Having eight design boards to work on at once allows me to spread out the duplicate prints and stack the design boards for future sewing time.

Now, here are close-ups of some of my pink blocks: ⤵️
My 2023 RSC Block Count:

January:    Dark/Bright Blues    12 blocks
February:  Pink                           8 blocks

See the colors for each month, and the Saturday link parties at Angela's blog: So Scrappy!!!
      
Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

27 comments:

  1. I have a huge piece of foam core under the bed, time to get it out and make project boards. Thanks for linking up with TGIFF

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  2. I love webbing - but only until I have rows. Then I cut them apart again because I hate to press the big webb ;) xo

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  3. Okay I think I have a project for today!! I have wanted to do these for a long time and just never took the time. I even have the board on hand;) Thanks for the nudge!

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  4. Your blocks are so pretty in pink, and love seeing all the fun prints up close, too! What a great idea to web them - I wouldn't have thought of that, but it makes good sense. I've never made any of those design boards - thanks for all the info on them!

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  5. Beautiful pink blocks, and so many fun fabrics! These will make a great quilt.

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  6. You have beautiful pinks to play with, Nancy. I SPY a little Hello Kitty there. So fun.

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  7. What a great variety of scraps! These will make a great quilt. And isn't it a relief to get those squares used up? Have a good weekend!

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  8. Pretty pink blocks! I have 6 design boards of different sizes made with a glue gun. I'd like to make more and will try the fusible method. That sounds so much easier! Thanks! :)

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  9. How fun to look at all the different fabrics you've accumulated! This is going to be a fantastic quilt!

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  10. Those blocks are so bright and fun! I have a decent amount of pink fabrics, but I'm always amazed that, apart from the pink grunge fabric, I don't have ANY of the fabrics that you used! That's what makes scrappy quilts so interesting.

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  11. Fun blocks and fun fabrics. I usually just sew my postage stamp blocks together randomly but do web pieces as I go for those types of blocks. Interesting way you do it.

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  12. fabulous pink blocks, I have a number of those mini boards... they are used all the time...
    Hugz

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  13. I love all your pinks! These will be so gorgeous when put all together.

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  14. Absolutely lovely. They will make a darling quilt, with loads to discover and enjoy. Thank you for sharing your method of making these blocks. I learned this method when I took a class with Wanda Hanson.

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  15. How nice! I admire you for taking time to cut your scraps into 2-1/2" squares, and then color sorting them as you have. I'm afraid my pink pile would be quite small. Your blocks are looking so pretty. I've seen those portable design boards before, but personally I don't know how I might use them. Since most of the quilts I make are not block-based, with designs that are more improv-y and spontaneous - and my design wall is next to my sewing machine - I can't imagine using them. As for web-piecing, I've done that for at least 16 years. In fact, when I wrote the quilting book "First Time Quiltmaking," I was sure to add a section about making a "spider web." However, the editor thought that the method didn't photograph well, and removed it from the book! That's why I have a tutorial for it "Web a Quilt Top With Chain Piecing" on my blog.

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  16. My favorite block!!!! So many pinks!!! These will make beautiful quilts, looking forward to seeing the colors each month!!

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  17. So many design boards!! I love that you have so many and can make quick work of assembling these blocks. You sure do have a lot of 2 1/2" squares. I like this block a lot and what fabulous quilts it will make!

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  18. Like everyone else, I'm liking those design boards! You are so organized, too, with all your fabrics laid out and tidy. Most of all, your blocks are pretty in pink! I like webbing blocks like that - it's so much easier to sew them together!

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  19. Excellent post - a choice between glue and fusible webbing! Interesting. Love your postage stamp blocks!

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  20. Great progress on your blocks, Nancy! It was interesting to read about how you use design boards. Thank you for sharing. TerryK@OnGoingProjects

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  21. Testing 1, 2, 3. Help! The comments are not showing up in my email box! If you have any suggestions, please help!

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    1. Trying again, after some helpful advice from Melisa @ Pinkernpunkinquilting

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    2. Thanks to Melisa!!! She said: Go to SETTINGS in Blogger. Scroll down to EMAIL and then scrolled down to INVITE MORE PEOPLE TO COMMENT NOTIFICATIONS--put in one's own email address. Actually I put my email in COMMENT NOTIFICATION EMAIL. It is working again! So happy!!!

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  22. You have such a wide array of pretty pink fabrics, Nancy and your blocks look amazing. I bet you are having a lot of fun as you go through your fabrics.

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  23. The pinks are looking marvelous!
    You are certainly making the most of your design boards.
    I agree that the method of webbing is very effective for sewing all those pieces together.

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  24. Hmmm, I think I need design boards, badly! You are so well organized, I think I will need a fewof them too ;) Lovely pink blocks!
    Thank you for sharing and linking up!

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