Welcome to the Scrappy Color Play QAL! This quilt-along is a fun way to use scraps and learn more about playing with colors. Every month, we’ll explore a different color of the rainbow while we use up those scrap piles. Check below for the details!
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The Plan
This is my very first quilt-along! I’ve done sew-alongs and crochet-alongs, but never a quilt-along. Since I sew a lot, I have a lot of scraps – as do most sewists! I thought a scrappy quilt-along would be a good way to tackle those scrap piles. I also thought learning about color along the way would make it a little more interesting. This is my plan below:
These are the details:
- 24 blocks total, that’s 2 per month
- Each month is about a color or combining colors.
- Blocks are made up of strips varying from 1″ to 3″ wide sewn diagonally across the block.
- I’m using quilt-as-you-go for mine, but you can use the method that works best for you.
- The borders are 2.5″ strips. I’m doing all scrappy for those as well in blacks and grays.
- The small squares between the borders are 2.5″ x 2.5″ and I plan on fussy cutting prints for those.
- Here’s a free printable color sheet to help plan your color layout.
I hope y’all will join in the fun! You can share your blocks in my Teadoddles Makers Facebook group. Each month I pick a maker to win a $25 Amazon gift card. This group is for makers of all kinds and for all of my make-alongs.
Here are the past months blocks:
April – Blue
April’s color is blue – the color of calmness and sadness. It’s the last color to be named in the English language. This is because even though it’s in the sky and ocean, it could not be reproduced with natural things until much later in history.
My scrap bins were sorted by size for many years and last month I decided to resort them by color. This made finding blue scraps so much easier!
I decided to make a light blue block and a dark blue block this month. That gives me a good range of the blues in my scrap collection.
Here’s a close up of the dark one…
And a close up of the lighter one….
I did do a bit more piecing in my strips for these blocks. I had some pieces I wanted to use that just weren’t long enough for a strip. This just makes the blocks more fun and interesting! I’ve got some shine in these too!
Remember, this is the Scrappy Color Play QAL – that means you’re playing with your scraps! And that is supposed to be a fun experience. I’m certainly enjoying this and I hope you are too!
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