Sew Much Blue

Oh, hey. Yeah, I'm still here. But it's summer. Sewing is sporadic and writing about it even more inconsistent. But I do have projects in process, and I even got to my Rainbow Scrap Challenge blues this week. In keeping with my attempt to create sort of low contrast crumb blocks, I divided my light and bright blues into three groups--well, four, but the lightest ones were left out of my project. Here's what I ended up with:

The lightest blocks are slightly washed out here due to light from a window, but you get the idea. I wasn't real sure about the middle pair. I'm not fond of gray-blue these days, but I have a ton, so I'm using them. 

Here some of them are with representatives of my other crumbs and the (very wrinkled) background fabric that I'll use eventually:

I now have 42 crumb blocks in all. I'm not sure if I have enough variety of the kind of purple I want to use, so I just might use blacks for the last set, as that is the other color in the background fabric. I'll figure that out when the next color is announced. 

My other RSC project was the upper wings of my butterfly blocks. I started them during dark blue month, so finishing them up this month was a snap. There's more contrast between the upper and lower wings in real life.

Here's one with reps of the other colors on the (also very wrinkled) background fabric:

They look better on the bare table until I press that fabric:

I now have 48 butterflies, with one set to go for 56--either purple or red. Again, I'll decide later based on how I feel about my purples. I'll use brown for the bodies. 

So that's it for the month. Be sure to come back next week to see a wonderful squirrel project I've been obsessed with this week. I realized that I also missed a Throwback Thursday post this month, so I'll try to get something going on that, too. 

I'm linking up with Angela at So Scrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday and with Cynthia at Quilting is more fun than Housework for Oh, Scrap! I hope you are finding bits and pieces of time to sew with bits and pieces. And if you live in my part of the world, I hope you are enjoying the last few days of summer. I know there are really a few weeks left, but there's definitely a hint of autumn in the air. Today, it's been cool enough with the windows open that I was able to treadle all afternoon without breaking a sweat. I'm sure it will heat up again, but I love the tease.