The Scrap Basket :: Red and White Quilts

ISSUE 16 :: Until January :: WHAT'S UP :: WORTH A READ :: ROUND-UP :: A GLANCE BACK

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For many of us, it's a super busy time of year, and with Issue 16, I'm going to wish you all well, and plan on starting The Scrap Basket up again in January. Thank you all so much for your kind words and support of this newsletter - I'm glad you are enjoying it as much as I am! ~ Peace to you and yours....

WHAT'S UP

So did you hear? Pantone announced the new Color(s) of the Year, and as usually, there's plenty of strong opinions about their choices. I voiced my thoughts on Rose Quartz and Serenity, and posted my previous Pantone-inspired projects just for fun.

WORTH A READ

Quiltyhabit is back with her Top 10 Tips: Creating Alternate Gridwork in Modern Quilts, which I found to be an excellent resource.
Check out Handmade Holidays at Ellison Lane with Christmas inspirations posted December 1 - 23....gifts to make, recipes, and more. And Sew, Mama, Sew also compiled their 9th Annual Handmade Holidays Tutorials (all in one handy list!).
The Pocket Mending Book and Pocket Picture Book tutorials by Fabric Mutt are sweet ideas for the little ones in your life.

ROUND-UP

This week's round-up came to be after I visited The National Quilt Museum last week in Paducah, Kentucky, and saw the Red, White & Quilted exhibit currently on display. I had never seen a collection of red and white quilts except in photos of Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts presented back in 2011 at The American Folk Art Museum in New York. I knew nothing about the story behind the exhibit, so was pleased to come across this article about the 651 red and white American quilts from the collection of Joanna S. Rose. All that piqued my interest in red and white quilts, prompted this feature, and caused me to put the new tome, Red and White Quilts: Infinite Variety, at the top of my Christmas want list.

Even with its teensy yet important element of orange, Anni Alber's Orange Chair by Martha/Once a Wingnut is one of those quilts that, when I first saw it, gave me an 'aha' moment. How striking and modern a two-color quilt can be, even when constructed with one of the simplest of blocks. And it's still a favorite.
[onceawingnut]

Beth/[bforbeth1] used 6" blocks from The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt book to create her #redandwhitequilt, piecing them in eight rows of 7 blocks, and finishing it off with a delightful red scalloped border.

When Jodi/Tales of Cloth showed off her Red Sky at Night quilt, I was in awe of both her beautiful creation as well as her photoshoot. While inspired at first by the Farmer's Wife blocks, Jodi went her own way, creating a quilt along making 12" blocks, with tutorials of each, as well as instructions for final construction, her blocks all showcased on point. You'll also enjoy her Big Red Quilt and Red Sky at Night pin boards, the first a style board as she planned the quilt, and the second, the work in progress. [talesofcloth]

I was watching "Strawberry Whine" by Susan/Canadian Abroad come to completion over the last week or so, and was taken with its bold and modern vibe. That border is just the right finish, don't you think?
[canadianabroad]

And finally, with the maple leaf being one of my favorite traditional blocks, I was smitten with Betsy/[betsyramm]'s version. The top was made by a grandmother and stored away, and isn't it cool that Betsy could give it new life and bring it to completion.

I couldn't resist making a new Red & White pin board, and you'll see many more lovely examples there.

A GLANCE BACK

For your gift-wrapping convenience, I reposted links to my free tutorials for the Trim-Tied Gift Bag and Quilted Gift Tags. If you have a favorite hand-crafted wrapping idea, please let me know!

P.S. Lastly, I thought I'd share my go-to hostess or small gift make, and that would be quilted pot holders. Here's the set I just made, and a Potholders pin board with many, many more.

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