Monday, January 15, 2024

got scraps?

 indeed i do!  about breadbox size, the next size tote up from shoebox size.

january has been a scrap sewing month.  so when a reproduction, tiny, 9-patch sew along was proposed, well i caved in a nanosecond.  out came the 1.5" strips for blocks that will finish at 3"--that's as small as i can neatly do.  it's year long so should have quite a collection of them when 2024 says goodbye.  


a pattern provided calls for 480 of these little blocks...hmm, pretty sure i've the fabric but remains to be seen how many i make.  they are darn cute tho, aren't they?

and happy to report the first UFO finish of 2024...it's the bingo wall quilt...being donated to a local church for a bingo prize...pattern is moda love quilt. 


it's a nasty, snowy, icy and cold day here...tuesday as well....but started off this morning with a childhood fave--hot chocolate with a dollop of marshmallow fluff.  if you lived in massachusetts in the 1970s you know the tune....if you've got fluff, fluff, fluff, to make a fluffernutter, with marshmallow fluff and lots of peanut butter....haven't seen it here in MD but dear mom sends me a jar every so often.  


i use no sugar hot chocolate to lessen the sugar hit.  once the marshmallow is, ahem, gone, then i dunk my toast in it...yummy!




7 comments:

  1. That will be such a great way to use your tiny strips. I can’t wait to see it grow. Well done on your first finish. Hot choc does sound the go with your weather. The marshmallow fluff sounds rather decadent. I hadn’t heard of it before.

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  2. Those are pretty small 9 patches which makes them so darn cute!
    Congrats on a beautiful first finish for 2024!
    I love hot chocolate, but no sugar, can't do it.

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  3. Looks as though most of the country is hunkering down -- though as I write the sun is shining and the sky is cloudless. Your repro project will be stunning with all those little 9ps. Stay warm!

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  4. Sewing a quilt is a great way to keep warm. Those nine patches look great and so does Moda love.

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  5. The cocoa looks so yummy with that big dollop of marshmallow cream. (Fluff). Makes me want to make some right away.

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  6. Hmmm .... I think I will make some hot chocolate! Don't have fluff, never heard of it. Those nine patches are sweet and how big will the quilt be when finished?

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  7. Those 9 patches are a great use of your scraps!!

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