Scraptastic Tuesday - June winners

Before I announce the July Scraptastic Tuesday winners, I have some progress to share.



These are my blocks from BeeSewcial - I asked for all the colours with a 'maximalist' improv theme. These blocks are a riot of colour and pattern and one cannot help but smile at them, even when looking at this late night, bad light photo.

I arranged and rearranged them, left them up and took them all down from my portable design walls and put them up again. Maximalist is so outside of my comfort zone, despite how much I love these blocks. Finally I settled on this arrangement and started piecing them together. the two columns on the right are joined now as columns but not together yet, and a couple of the blocks at the top are joined.

There are no directions for how to make this kind of quilt and to make it 'feel right'. I did have some intention to this layout. It is sort of a medallion style, with the circles and diamond blocks sort of balanced. The corners are each crazy quilt style improv blocks and in between there is the roughest bit of working from the centre out. And there is no real hot or cool spots of any size. Now can you see it? Anyway it makes sense to me.



Of course the blocks are irregular which means adding fabrics to make them fit. I am trying not to change the blocks much as I go which means adding scraps of fabrics to the curved bits, etc. It is slow work as I am audition colours and such but it is also fun. I will share again as I go.

So, now it's time to share the randomly drawn winners from the June Scraptastic Link up of the prizes from our fantastic sponsors:

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Here are prizes and the winners. If you are a winner, look for an email from me shortly:

• Karen Lewis Textiles  - scrap pack - 42 - Rosa from Rosa Patch. The Love of Sewing

• Fat Quarter Shop - $25 gift certificate - 1 - Katy from Katy Quilts

• Massdrop - Marine by Quilt Gate Half Yard Bundle - 7 - Julie from Julie's Quilts and Costumes

• Sew Sisters Quilt Shop - $25 gift certificate - 65 - Nicole, minibea123 on Instagram

• Simply Solids - £20 (20 Pounds) gift certificate - 44 - Karen from Tu-Na Quilts, Travels and Eats

• Mad About Patchwork - a $40 gift certificate - 62 - Sally at the Objects of Design

• Fluffy Sheep Quilting - a €20 (20 Euro) gift certificate - 34 - Celine at Espritpatch

• Green Fairy Quilts - $25 gift certificate - 22 - Cheryl on Flickr

Please join Nicky from Mrs. Sew and Sow and I next month to link up your scrappy project or thoughts on taming your scrap mountain on the second Tuesday - July 13.

And if you are looking for some scrappy inspiration, visit the July links, they are awesome.

Best,


Leanne