RSC12 - Brown bits

The October color for Saturday's RSC12 is BROWN.  I have quite a few little brown bits leftover from a placemat project. Not sure how many are in the pile shown below, but there are a lot of them!  Certainly enough to be stitched  together and turned into something useful like a DishMat.  Check out Connie's great tute on how to make one; and here's one I made several months ago. And this is a good project to practice my FMQ on.

Brown leftovers from the Daily Grind fabric

Linking:  Hop on over to Angela's at SoScrappy to see what everyone else is doing with their brown scraps.

Until next time. . .what are you working on today???

Quilty Hugs,

RAINBOW SCRAP SAT: October is Brown!

Not a whole lot accomplished today. But, with a ton of prep work behind me, the next couple of days should be very productive... I hope. *g*

Even though it is late, it is still Saturday [somewhere!], so I will share what I worked on today that is this month's color: Brown.

Taming a "just pressed" seam.

A nice little pressing trick I learned a long time ago by watching Sally Collin's DVD about precision piecing, is while a just-pressed piece is still very warm, smack something straight on top of it and add weight. Don't move until cool.  It is amazing how this trick tames an unruly seam allowance. Thank you, Sally!

Seam allowance after pressing, adding weight, allowing to cool.

My real "claim to fame" today was making a ton of HSTs... all in cream, brown and black. Sorry no pic. It's late. I'll share them later.

Linking to: SoScrappy. See what others have done with their browns.

Until next time. . . I hope you have a lovely Sunday and find time to sew up something you love!

Quilty Hugs,

RAINBOW SCRAPPY SAT - Orange!

This month's color for the RSC12 is: ORANGE! What a fun color. I want to incorporate more of this great color into my quilts.

Halloween themed block for a friend's Oct 31st birthday!

Hiding in my on-going stash blocks, is the little gem above. So near completion.  I better hurry up and finish it because it is for a friend's birthday next month!  A small pieced border using up my orange bits would bring it up to just the right size to cover a pillow form.

So that's what I'll be doing today... how about you? What are you up to?  Until next time. . .

Linking up to: SoScrappy Linky Party. Go see what others are up to with their oranges!

Quilty Hugs,