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Sweet Dreams blocks are finished!

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Well I’ve finally finished sewing all of the Sweet Dreams blocks and I’m very happy with the way they have turned out. 

Block 15 – another block where I could add a few more rabbits…

Block 16

Block 17 – this block really pops from a distance…

Block 18

Now comes the decisions about how to place the blocks so I’ll play around with them on the design wall for a few days. here’s a few layouts I’m considering:

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At the moment #2 is my favourite but I’ll give a couple more days of consideration.

Other than sewing news – life is good here. I feel happier and more content than I have in years so I have no complaints, no regrets. DH is ‘working’ from home a few days each week as he winds down and we are enjoying hanging out together, sitting around drinking coffee, talking about our plans for the house and trips we want to do – its nice to have more time together.  The weather is cold and snowy, perfect to be cozy inside working at the sewing machine, the smell of soups and stews from the kitchen during the day, not having to go out into the cold to drive to work. Just taking each day as it comes and without any need to rush – retirement is good! 🙂 

“Contentment is not the fulfilment of what you want but the realisation of how much you already have.” Anonymous

RSC – Green scrap blocks

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The colour for Mays Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks was green and so I spent yesterday morning finishing off my Carolina Chain blocks in green.

I’m still not fully over this flu so haven’t got much else done the last few days, still needing a nap most days. I am keen to get back to having more energy so I get some more decluttering done before DH finishes up at work. He only has a month left and I can see he’s itching to be finished!  We’ve been planning a short trip away for July to catch up with some family that we haven’t seen for a bit over a year due to Covid. It will be nice to head up towards the warmer weather. We had light snow overnight just outside of town which feels a bit early as the Autumn leaves haven’t finished falling yet. I took this photo on the weekend of one the trees in the garden – glorious colours!!

Today I’m going to work on the last of the Sweet Dreams blocks and make a pot of soup for this cold weather. I do not miss driving to work in the cold lol! 

Linking to SoScrappy 

RSC – I found a bag of pink scraps!

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 I was up early on Saturday and while looking for something else ( I’ve forgotten what now lol!)  in my sewing room, I found a shopping bag full of pink scraps. 

Well, given that pink is the colour for this months Rainbow Scrap Challenge  I thought might be useful, but when I tipped it out I found much more than scraps in the bag. There was:

lots of different width strips:

16 rows of 5 joined 5″ squares:

13 rows of 5 joined 10″x 8″ rectangles:

and some small off-cut pieces of different sizes and patterns.

Quite the find! Clearly I had started a pink quilt many years ago and forgotten all about it. So I decided that using up this bag of scraps & the unfinished blocks will be my challenge for the rest of the month.

I spent some time playing about on the design wall to see what I could come up with. Did I mention how much I love having a design wall taped up in the family room? Honestly it just makes sewing so much more fun and creative when you can look at different combinations over time and play around on the wall instead of trying to lay out blocks on the bed.

I joined the 5″ block sets together, added some strips to the sides. Then I cut one of the wider sets of blocks in half to add another side strip & bring up to the right size:


Then I took the joined large rectangle block strips and cut them in half to make 4 inch wide strips. I joined half of these strips into one quilt top:


and I have the other half, plus all the strips and the off-cuts still left to use up. 

 I really enjoyed working on this unexpected pink project and it will give me some simple quilt tops to practice my quilting on as well as some quilts to donate.

Other than sewing it’s pretty quiet here. We used to catch up with all the family for Easter but we’re still being careful about Covid so we’ll be staying home again for Easter this year & visiting via zoom. Happy Easter & happy scrapping to those that sew.

Linking up with SoScrappy and OhScrap if you’re looking for some scrappy inspiration.