Orange Dreams

I started with the idea of a new quilt from here. One of Oh Fransson's quilts. I had some orange strips and I thought they would be fabulous. Orange is my new favorite color. So I got nine colors, and sewed them together into strips and cut them into blocks of three.

Then layed them out into 9 patch blocks. Great.

But I only had 12 blocks, only 6 are above.  

So I went back to the quilt store to buy some more 'scraps' to make more blocks. I had some scraps but not enough. So I bought 6 more fabrics, only 1/4 yard. I used majority of the fabric so not so many scraps left.

More 3 patch, layed out into 9 patch blocks. I know have plenty. The second set of strips were longer so I have many more blocks then I needed.The extra will become something else...

I found that even those little pieces that I would have normally thrown away, I sew back together and make yet another potholder.

After adding the additional new 'scrap' blocks, I had some more left overs and made a couple more potholders. I have shown these before here.

I just need to sew the 3 patch into 9 patch and pair it up with a plain block and we will have a quilt top.