New Orleans House Project

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Scrap Happy Saturday: It's Been a Long, Green Trip

Green was the scrappy color of the month for August, specifically light and bright green.  I already used light and bright green scraps when we visited green earlier this year, so I didn't have the range of scraps to make all of this month's Rainbow Sampler blocks.  
I did make the Bouncing Betty block with some light green scraps.

Still, I had no lack of green scraps to use up.  I finished piecing my green Trip Around the World quilt - and I still have lots of green scraps left!  It was raining yesterday, so I took pictures of the quilt top draped over my sofa.  Maybe I can get some outdoor pictures while I'm at the camp this weekend. 
The quilt is made of 36 twelve inch TATW blocks.  I added a one inch border and a six inch border of  half TATW blocks (which are really just 9 patches).  The finished size is about 86" x 86". 

As always, the Happy Scrappers are sharing their green scrappy adventures over at Angela's Scrap Happy blog.  And if you look carefully, you might see a hint about the scrappy color for September!
 

12 comments:

  1. I like the name "Happy Scrappers"! Your TATW quilt is very happy... congrats on a great finish!

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  2. So many green used this month. Love the TATW -- what a great scrap buster quilt.

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  3. Lovely light greens in Bouncing Betty. The TATW quilt certainly used up a lot of green scraps and looks fabulous. I've never been called a Happy Scrapper before - love the image it creates - boxing gloves on ready to tackle that bin of fabric scraps.

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  4. Love the look of your Trip Around the World, lovely.

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  5. That TATW quilt is wonderful Angie!!! I love it - those greens just sparkle with all the different shades :) We've had a lot of rain here lately too - it's raining now actually. But I love sitting on the porch in the rain, so I think I'm headed out there now to do some knitting :)

    Have a wonderful Sunday - football season officially starts this week I think - woohoo!!! Your Saints are looking a whole lot better than our poor Panthers this year - Ugh!!!

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  6. I love your Scrappy Trips quilt! I never thought about making a monochromatic version before.

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  7. Love your Green Scrappy Trip Quilt. A TRIP quilt if on my list of quilts to make next year.

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  8. That's a lot of green and a very gorgeous TATW. Oh, and I love that green fabric in Bouncing Betty that looks like lace.

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  9. The TATW quilt is wonderful. I would never have thought of making it with one color. One more quilt to put on my To Do list.

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  10. I love your scrappy TATW, but up here in PA, we call that a Philadelphia Pavement quilt. I made a smaller one for a dear friend some years ago, in blues, yellows and whites.

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  11. Your Trip Around the World is lovely! I'm excited to try the ticker tape block she suggested.

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