Scrappy Happy Summer Sew Along - Summer Skies Blocks are Finished!!! ...

I've been happily sewing away in my studio…

Playing with my Summer Skies block for our

Scrappy Happy Summer!

I showed you in my last post how I turned my 

Scrappy Happy block into my

 Summer Skies block:)

We are using

this pattern 

as our instruction manual…

the pattern includes 

4 blocks sizes and we

are using the 24" size

 for the 

Summer Skies quilt:)

After sewing my first block together for last weeks post…

I sewed the Easy Corner Triangles segments 

for all remaining 8 blocks that I had already cut.

Then I paired them up like this above 

to sew all of the corner sections first.

I did not plan each color placement within the blocks…

but rather  just paired up randomly

so that I would end up with

scrappy happy blocks!

Because I had already chosen my color palette

and cut all of the squares and rectangles needed

for all 9 blocks…

I knew that they would all go together 

so I didn't worry at all…

just waited for the surprise blocks to be born!

Unplanned placement leads to fun surprises

 and combinations that are so cute…

and maybe colors you wouldn't have normally 

thought to put together are so inspiring!

I did the same thing with the rectangle sections.

I sewed all of them first…

with out planning the color placement…

just used 2 contrasting colors so that the

 points of the stars would not be lost and 

would stand out nicely when sewn into the blocks.

So after I had all of the sections completed…

I could lay them out in a nine patch arrangement

to audition color placement.

This block I used only oranges and greens...

This one is pinks and yellows

with a pop of light aqua for the star points.

I love the aqua floral for the center of this block:)

I used 3 different pinks in this one 

and I love how they all go together!

Are you noticing how each block looks different …

depending on where the

 light and darker colors are placed?

Sew fun!!!

I love the pink in the center of this one…

it recedes because the center is lighter 

making the orange and darker green really pop!

Because this darker blue 

is in the center of this one…

your eye is drawn to it immediately:)

I chose to name this block Summer Skies

 in honor of our starry summer nights! 

 I grew up sleeping under the stars in the summertime.

I remember the warm breeze of a summer night...

gazing at the stars while listening to the

sounds of the night in a small town.

Crickets… farm animals…the barking of a dog…

my mom and dad in the house talking and laughing…

the distant sound of a train.

Good times:)

And because we are celebrating the 

4th of July here in the good ole' USA

The skies are filled with large and colorful fireworks!!!

Or in other words…

Summer Stars:)

YaY!!!

 I showed you in my last post how to make 

half square triangles from the ECT trimmings.

Don't forget to do that when making your 

Summer Skies blocks...

I have a fun project and tutorial that I will be doing with them:)

Next week I'll be doing the tutorial on 

putting all 9 of the Summer Skies blocks together

with sashings and showing you my quilt top!

Have a quilty kind of summer…

xx

Lori

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