I had posted about my scraps on Instagram earlier this month and a kind follower suggested that I join the 2019 Scrap Buster Challenge by Border Creek Station.
It sounded intriguing so I checked it out and I joined the fun! This was just the thing for my basket of 1930's squares (see below) -- I just needed to add a white solid. Easy Peasy!
The goal for the Scrap Buster Challenge is to make at least 52 blocks in 2019, which averages out to 1 block a week. This sounded very manageable to me -- I know I can do this. Besides, I can always work ahead so when a week is too crazy for me to sew, I can skip a week when needed. AND it will use up some of my scrap fabric. Win-win!
Here is my first Scrap Challenge Block. It's not perfect, but I'm okay with that. I gave up the idea of quilting perfection long ago.
I was so inspired by my first block that I made 3 more blocks the second week. I posted my 4 humble blocks on the Scrap Challenge FB page and one of the other participants pointed out that I had sewn one of the HST blocks in each of the three blocks wrong. She kindly said something about being curious to see how my variation turns out. GULP! I totally missed that. Hmmm. Time to "unsew" some seams and fix the 3 blocks.
Here are my repaired blocks. As you can see, I decided not to do a ton of "unsewing" and used the wrongly-pieced HSTs to make 3 more blocks! Now I have 7. 45 blocks to go.
It's not too late you you to join in the fun. Just hop over to the Border Creek Station website for more information. Bring a friend.
With my quilt studio bursting at the seams will fabric, I have decided that 2019 is going to be my YEAR OF SCRAP QUILTS.
So, not only am I going to blog about my Studio Cleaning Adventure, but now I'm going to add scrap quilts to the mix. The good thing is that I should always have something to blog about. The bad thing is that you are going to get tired of reading about my studio and my scrap quilts.
Did you miss the first part of my Reclaiming my Studio series? Click HERE.
