Orange is SEW FUN!

I can happily say that I have my 9 orange blocks completed for February's Rainbow Scrap Challenge. These Awesome Land blocks are a lot of fun to sew. I think it's because you can actually see the fabrics I'm using. They're made using 2-1/2" strips and these blocks will finish at 6".

Here's a peek at the nine orange blocks playing with the nine green blocks from last month. Sew much FUN! Having only this project going for 2020 RSC has really lightened up the pressure for me. 




However .... I feel like I should have one more project in the works so I've started on Heartfire by Sew'n Wild Oats. I love hexies so I figured this was right up my alley. I'll be playing catch-up with this one so stay tuned!

I'm linking up with Angela at So Scrappy to share my ORANGE progress. There are lots of other quilters doing their own thing HERE. So much delightful oangeiness! (Is that a word? Lol!)

In the meantime, I finished the first of two socks. I discovered this pattern already printed out but I have no idea when I did it or if I had a specific yarn in mind? The pattern is called Margaritaville ... that may be enough of a reason to knit it up! The yarn I'm using is from Flat Feet. It's apparently dye-ready yarn knitted up by machine. Then it's dyed and I unravel it as I knit with it. You get two identical pieces. This is not the first time I've knitted with this kind of yarn. I've actually got two other pairs already knitted up. Just forgot to take any pictures of the yarn before knitted. I remembered this time though! One sock done and the other just barely started so you could see what it looked like before unraveling and after knitted.

Here's a picture of another pair of socks using Flat Feet yarn. The sock on the right has been blocked and the one on the left has not. I actually wore these socks yesterday!

I love knitting socks!

I also made progress on the block-of-the-month from The Quilt Show. Another appliqued 6-3/4" block done for the pattern Afternoon Delight by Sue Garman. The next block is in the "prep stage".

Wait until you see it ... should be another pretty one!

One last quick picture: I walked the dog Thursday morning around 7am. It was FREEZING COLD here in the Midwest, Illinois to be precise.  4 degrees is very cold but the wind made it colder ... -7! Kept the walk short -- only about 30 minutes and 1.5 miles. BRRRR!!!! 

Hope your Valentine's Day was special. Have a great weekend!