Welcome once again to ScrapHappy Day!
It’s the day my friend Gun in Sweden and I host ScrapHappy, a day for showing something made from scraps.
I haven’t been able to spend much time on the Hopscotch quilt because of trying to get Floribunda done in time, but here’s Block 6, and Blocks 7 – 10 are stacked up, waiting to be stitched together. I should have a bunch of them to show next month!
ScrapHappy is open to anyone using up scraps of anything – no new materials. It can be a quilt block, pincushion, bag or hat, socks or a sculpture. Anything made of genuine scraps is eligible. If your scrap collection is out of control and you’d like to turn them into something beautiful or useful instead of leaving them to collect dust in the cupboard, why not join us on the 15th of each month? Either email me at the address on my Contact Me page, or leave a comment below. You can also contact Gun via her blog to join. We welcome new members. You don’t have to worry about making a long term commitment or even join in every month, just let either of us know a day or so in advance if you’re new and you’ll have something to show, so we can add your link. Regular contributors will receive an email reminder three days before the event.
Here are the links for everyone who joins ScrapHappy from time to time (they may not post every time, but their blogs are still worth looking at).
Kate (me!), Gun, Eva, Sue, Lynn, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Susan, Cathy, Tracy, Jill,
Claire, Jan, Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys,
Kerry, Claire, Jean, Jon, Hayley, Dawn,
Gwen, Bekki, Sue L, Sunny, Kjerstin,
Vera, Nanette, Ann, Dawn 2, Noreen,
Bear, Carol, Preeti and Edith
See you next time for more scrappy loveliness.
talltalesfromchiconia 
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It’s going to be the kind of quilt I love, with especially interesting bits here and there, playing hide and seek with the other bits! And each person has their own definition of interesting – Interesting, eh?
There are some fun fabrics in there, and where it has been possible, I’ve tried to fussy cut. Hence the fox and the owls!
second Kjerstin’s comment, love the silly little bits.
So do I, and of course I have my favourite scraps, but part of the charm of these blocks is that the ‘uglies’ really add to the visual richness of the whole, so you can’t leave them out!
you know how I feel about this one. can never have too much of a good thing 🙂
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That little fox just leapt right out at me – it’s fun to do some fussy cutting now and again isn’t it.
It is, especially when the scraps truly lend themselves to it. I have more of that fabric, and other creatures to show 🙂
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I do like an I Spy quilt ^^
Two lots of elephants, owls and a fox is a pretty good tally, I’d say, especially from a bag of scraps!
Love the little fox!!!!
Me too! He’s extremely cute 🙂
I could spend hours looking at just that one block and all th lovely designs. A whole quilt would keep me amused for weeks!
There are some really gorgeous patterns and colours in all those bags of scraps. It’s fun making all these blocks with as wide a selection as I can manage 🙂
Another lovely block, with so much interest. True scrappy patchwork quilts are always a joy because they have such variety and so many stories/people/projects associated with them.
You’re quite right. Pseudo-scrappy quilts, where the same, if wide, selection features, don’t fool the eye. I’m being as random as I can; fabrics do repeat, but when i come to place everything, I’ll make sure there’s plenty of variety.
Your scrappy squares are lovely! In clicking through the links, I marvel at the creative use of scraps! Thank you for this feat of keeping us all Scrap Happy!
I know! Human ingenuity knows no bounds, and I’m always delighted with the more ‘left field’ offerings because they leaven the dough of sewing!
Look at your owl fabric, really made me smile.
Me too! There’s more of it, so you’ll see it used in other blocks.
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Another lovely block!
Thanks, it’s always fun to put fabrics together in the most varied possible way.
I am working on and off on a scrap happy afghan, but the colors are so vibrant it’s almost scary. Not sure anyone would enjoy seeing it. I’ll know when it’s finished. 😉
Oooh, I think we deserve a glimpse of it!
Maybe next month. 🙂
I’m late getting online today. Sorry. I’ve revamped my page so that there is a static tab at the top for Scrap Happy. So, here’s the link… http://jellicoswritingnook.home.blog/scrap-happy/
OK, I’ll update my link and let the others know so they can update theirs.
Thanks. I figured it would be easier to do it this way, that way it would be easier for people to find.
You quilters can work miracles with little scraps, awesome !!!
It’s fun to do and even more fun when you put the blocks together!
I can well imagine it is fun to be able to produce such beautyful things.
It’s also fun to get back into clothes that were too tight before!
Oh yessss !!!:D
My leaders and enders are getting way too fussy; I need a project more like yours.
Such cute fabric scraps included in this, Kate!
I know! I was so pleased when I dug them out of the welter of nice, ok, meh and fugly scraps they came with!
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