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:
June – Blend
For June, we’re combining the previous two colors, blue and green. These colors are very complementary and blend well together. Together, the colors make me think of nature – blue sky and green trees!
We are halfway through the year, which is hard to believe! That means it’s time to cut more border pieces. Check the post for March above to see dimensions for the borders. The butterflies are my second set of border pieces.
These are my green and blue scrap bins together. They are very full and I need to make more scrappy projects!
I did a lighter and darker combo block for these. This seems to be a great way to really represent the colors for this QAL.
Here’s a close up of the dark combo block…
And a close up of the lighter combo block….
These blocks blend so well with the blue and green blocks I did previously!
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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