Summer of Scraps - One Color

Part 1 - Organizing Your Scraps

Part 2 - Controlled Scrappy Quilt

Part 3 - Today I've got a one color quilt for you. This quilt is inspired by this quilt here. Alternating the aqua with the white gives this quilt a "winter and ice" kinda feel. Too bad it can't cool the temperature down here - it's hot! I tried Myra's magnet to the garage door method to hold up the quilt. I only had 4 magnets and 3 didn't keep it from sliding down the door so I didn't have enough to tack the bottom down. But overall it worked! I wish they weren't black. I may have to invest in some silver ones.

Aqua is one of my favorite colors. I use it a lot in my quilts so I had a nice selection of scraps in this color. I used 2.5" strips first and then 5" squares trimmed to 2.5". This is how many it took to make the quilt. I used almost all of it.

I cut my background strips in half so that I could get more variation on my strip sets. When the aqua strip was too short I added one of those 5" long pieces to utilize the whole white strip.

Once the strip sets are sewn and ironed, you just cut them into 2.5" segments. Then mix them up and sew 4 of them into a block.

Our Joann's store is lacking in fabric at the moment so I was forced to make due with what I had on hand. It took me a while as I didn't have any pieces wide enough. I started with just the blue pieces, but it was looking a bit old fashioned. Once I added the white strips it seemed to make it more modern and match the front a bit more. 

Here are a few of my favorite one color quilts from Pinterest that I found. Does it surprise you that they are all aqua? You could use your 2.5" strips, or squares to make these or even a 1.5" strip on this first one.

Dart Quilt by Scrapmaster01 pattern by Amy Ellis

Layer Cake Coin Pattern

Aqua Lovers by Southern Belle Designs

Aqua Strips by mustlovequilts

I bet you're wondering where the rainbow quilts are...they are coming!  I've been slowly sewing my 99 blocks together. I'm also working on a baby quilt. Hard to have just one project in the works.  I hope you are having fun working through your scraps this summer!

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