October RSC22

I'm happy to report that I completed the School House quilt top in light blue this week.  I started working on this project in September, 2022.  

I wasn't sure if I liked this Accuquilt die when I first purchased it.  It wasn't the simple just throw it on the die and crank it through type of die.  It has folding and counting involved.  I had to make sure the fabric was the correct side up.  Hmmm.  But now that I see the end result, I LOVE IT!  I can see more school house quilts in my future.  

Yesterday while digging through batting scraps for a small project I found the perfect piece of batting for this quilt -- all in one piece!  Next I almost found the perfect backing.  a piece of leftover border from the front sewn down the backing made the perfect sized back.  Oh how I love when a project comes together like this right out of the scrap bins.

I also moved another RSC project into the flimsy stage.  This quilt is called Random Ohio Stars.  This is a free pattern on Bonnie Hunter's blog.  You can find it here.  I started putting blocks for this quilt together in January of 2022.  I'll be digging through the scraps bins for a back for a pieced back for this soon.

Both of these quilts will sit on the to-be-quilted pile for a little while because I have two quilts with deadlines that need to be returned to their owners.

I kept gowing past these plus blocks in the scrap basket.  Why they were in the scrap basket, I had no idea.  Orphan blocks have their own tote bin.  But anyways, I decided to sew them together and call them a project.  My son could use a little table topper on his night stand anyways.  There's a lot of fun neutrals in this one.  I love that "Sam I Am" scrap.  I don't think I have much of that left.

I'm linking up at Angela's blog for the RSC22.

I'm also linking up to the party over at Patchwork & Quilts #125 here.