Done With This Block for Awhile!!

This is the pile of sewn up sets of six strips which will be cut into strips 4 1/2 inches wide!

Here are the first two blocks sewn together.  I didn't go scrappy with the white but will be doing some free hand stitching on them when I get to the quilting stage!

 I decided to go with colorful borders which were independent of the colors in the blocks as I will add colored stitching into those white areas -- green here!

So I am done with this block for a bit although I may sew up some stitched sets.  I used the short pieces of 2 1/2 inch wide strips that I had -- from fat quarters and  pieces that were remnants from other projects.  They were ideal for this project as I wanted lots of variety in my strips sets.  I would only get three or four 4 1/2 inch wide strips out of each set and they were super fast to sew together and iron.  I do like this block and may be doing it a lot more in the future!!  It's a great scrap block.  I actually have made a dent in those bags of this size strips.

All these quilts will be quilted and donated to our neo-natal group down in Wilmington.  I have some nice pastels which may go this route as well -- the remnant of my 30's fabric phase.  I had sold most of it but found a few fat quarters.