In the closet with the rest of my UFO's I found these 8.5" square strip blocks. And get this, I even had left myself a little drawing of what these were for, LOL. Seriously I need to do this more often as I pulled out several other UFO's that had no notes, that is frustrating.
The plan was to snowball the corners with 2.5" squares. I even had the background fabric stored with these blocks!
I was able to quickly cut my background squares with the Accuquilt multiple 2.5" square die. At six layers thick I cut 54 squares in one pass. After that I finished a couple blocks to see how they would look.
The next day I whipped through the green and gold and here is what I have so far. Oh how good it feels to work on a scrappy UFO!
The machine knitting of hats continued through out the week, here are the results of that.
it looks like you sure have a large basket of yarn to go through - hat making should be using up a bit! nice to have a ufo with the instructions :)
ReplyDeleteThe knitting machine must be very fast. Wow that's a lot of pretty hats! Great way of using those string blocks with the snowballed corners. I might steal that idea myself.
ReplyDeleteWow! The little scrappy quilt is shaping up quickly and those hats are multiplying overnight. Lots of fun for you in your quilting and knitting.
ReplyDeleteWhat a treasure in the closet! Fun snowball blocks and sewn together they look great! More colorful hats! Knitting machine has been busy.
ReplyDeleteThe strip snowball blocks looks like fun blocks to make. Pretty knitted hats.
ReplyDeleteI like the snowball on the corners - great idea
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a fun find, Vicki! With all the strip sets made and little squares cut, I bet it goes together quickly. Does it together in columns like your photo above? It will be fun to see all the colors!
ReplyDeletewhat fun projects! both your hats and strippy snowballs
ReplyDeleteHow nice to pull out a UFO and be able to recall where you left off so you can pick it right up again. The snowball quilt will be nice.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a great idea to leave a drawing with a UFO! And it's really a cute one.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great UFO discovery. The strip blocks lopk great with snowball corners. A good idea for RSC.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun UFO!!! and that you had notes - bonus!!
ReplyDeleteGreat hats!!!
Your block grabbed my attention since I'm starting to make the drunkard paths blocks. It would be a lot easier to make a snowball but I'll persist for awhile on the DP. Wow! You are really cranking out the hats. I'm sure some "ears" will be very happy to have one of them.
ReplyDeleteI am loving the strippy snowballs. I have a dream of working on some strip quilts this year and this may be one of the ideas I use. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove it when I leave myself notes! Glad your baggie foray was so productive. Terrific scrappy blocks.
ReplyDeleteHi Vicki! I find it amusing that you worked on the green and gold squares, since the Packers are now out of the football playoffs. Very cool that you left yourself some notes, and SO very cool with the AccuQuilt die. Fifty-four squares in one pass is pretty darn sweet. Yippee to more hat knitting. Your whole post looks fun and productive to me. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne
ReplyDeleteLooks scrappy good! Love those hats, too! What kind of yarn are you using?
ReplyDeleteLove your scrappy ufos! Also, it's so handy to have the Go! to cut with, isn't it?! Makes it so much quicker and easier! Hope you've had a great week and thanks for joining in on Monday This and That! xx
ReplyDeleteHi Vicki, I’m glad your notes were included in your UFO. It makes it easier to finish
ReplyDeletewhen you return to it. I’m going to try to do that from now on. Cute blocks!
I've missed a bunch of your posts again, sorry! You've been busy, as usual! Love the scrappy blocks, and those hats! Wowza!
ReplyDeleteThese are great. I have plastic bins for ufos. And notes or printouts.
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