Friday, April 29, 2016

RSC16 week 18

SUMMING UP

At the end of four months I have finally caught up with my blocks of the month and have begun the finishing of a WIP row quilt.


This is my April twinkler and I can finally say that I made it with only one ripping and recutting.  I don't dare think I can do one without any problems, but I'm getting closer.  Here are the four.



The other final block I completed was the April slab block, which was far more fun than doing the star.  Do I prefer the easy way out?



And here are my four slab blocks.


The 16-patch blocks turned out to be fun, even though the February one became orange instead of pink with brown, and so it is now officially the April block.


I mentioned that I keep an ongoing list of my projects.  When I finish one I reward myself with a little happy face emoticon at each stage.  For the RSC blocks I use little sailboats, squares, stars, etc.  For the final completion I give myself a lovely pink flower.  Guess I'm in my second childhood a bit these days!


That is only half of my list, but it really works for me.  My next WIP started with a random drawing of  90 HSTs  from Summer at Easy Quilter.  I turned them into a lot of pinwheels and have worked them into rows.  I have started piecing the rows together and it should not take long to finish, I hope.

  

As you see, I will still be working with orange, but I stowed away every bit of brown I could find, at last!
We can all enjoy new colors, Hooray!  Have a great week.

I link up with RSC16 at soscrappy , Sew Cute Tuesday at
Blossom Heart Quilts and WIPs Be Gone at A Quilting Reader's Garden 

12 comments:

  1. Lots of great blocks there. And the pinwheel quilt should look really fresh and summer-y. I look forward to seeing it!

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  2. I do love those twinkler stars. So pretty together! And I like your reward system! Are there little candies attached too? :)

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  3. Lots of RSC pretties! Looks like you've done well at keeping up with each month.

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  4. Love that block in pretty orange. Great job! I love your task list.

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  5. the twinkler is worth the effort. Very striking. Very organized too with your projects. I'm so higgeldy piggeldy on mine!

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  6. You're much more organized than I am with your list - I love it! Reminds me of the gold stars we used to get in grade school for a job well done. 8)
    Your twinklers are worth the effort - they make the most lovely blocks!

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  7. Your twinkler stars are so pretty in the RSC colors! They are going to make a beautiful quilt! The slab blocks are such a great idea, too. Since I sorted my scraps into color tubs, I'm thinking I should be making some of those myself!

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  8. Love the fussy cutting. What great stars.

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  9. I wish I could be as organized as you are. All your blocks look great. Have a wonderful week.

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  10. the twinkler star looks very complicated well done a great star well 4 great stars you have made also liking the slab blocks.

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  11. Great progress. Your star blocks look absolutely fabulous! Great organizational system too. Keeping track can be hard.

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  12. That's a whole lot of scrappy goodness, Paula!! Nice work!!

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