Oh, yeah, I forgot to take a "before" picture of the bursting at the seams baggies of strips that I started with so it really isn't that impressive looking. I really have been working at them I try to stay caught up with the strings and such and the bags were full again... I am proud to say I am now caught up with all my less than 1 1/2 inch strips as well as all of the 1 1/2 strips from the scrub fabrics. (The fabrics left in the bags were the ones that I had way more of than anything else, so I need to wait and make more scraps to befriend the in a block.
The string block bags were the first to get to come out and play. I added to the pile of juvenile fabric blocks (mostly leftovers from cutting out scrub tops for my roommate) and more recently a couple aprons for her and several little girl sundresses for another friend's neices. I divide these into two different piles:
a) excessively girly and/or pretty, pretty princess (I have 23 6in blocks so far)
or b) things a little boy would be willing to be within 20 feet of (there are 26 of these)
I also emptied the bag of "grown up" fabric strings too. These become 8 1/2" blocks.
I also made progress on more log cabin blocks from the scrub fabric. In addition to the two tops I finished last week I have three more tops each about half way. One is "boy" fabrics, one is all pinks, one is other girlie fabrics.
It has been a while since I have had a major project I was working on. I have had many projects, but since the Dear Jane was finished...
(See... it's really done) I haven't really had something fun challenging to work on for me. I decided to start this one as a reward for finishing so many other things. I made the first block a month or so ago...
...and have been working on cutting out the rest (I love my little storage boxes with the perfect sized little boxes to hold 48 1 1/2 inch squares)...
I am sure that if I actually looked at the pattern, you would probably do some strip piecing, which would work with either the rings or the background being all the same fabric, however, I wanted each ring a different fabric, and a scrappy neutral background, so that means individual tiny little pieces. 7,020 of them (total pieces, not just neutrals). They are all not cut. The greens are, but there is a limit to the neutrals you can cut (and store) so I have this many, and when my lovely little boxes are emptier, I'll cut more.
AND my new book arrived in the mail today. Nearly Insane by Liz Lois. So now I have two slightly insane, crazy, fun projects to work on. Here is my collection of gray fabric that I think I am going to use for it. With little splashes fo color peeking out....
