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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Chocolate Blocks

This weekend I made a big dent in my "chocolate covered strawberry" blocks for this month's Rainbow Scrap challenge.

Here are the first two from last week:


Here are the ones I finished this weekend:


Top row: #14 - Butterfly at the Crossroads, #15 - Buzzard's Roost, #16 Calico Puzzle
Bottom Row: #17 - Cats and Mice, #18 - Century of Progress, #19 - Checkerboard

Of the six I finished this weekend, the top three were traditionally pieced and the bottom three were paper pieced. All of these have a touch of pink and I am happy with the dent I have made in my brown scraps! I don't think I'll be able to cut my brown scraps by half like I did with my blues last month, but any scrap busting is progress to me!

Here are all eight:


I think my favorite block out of these eight is the checkerboard block because I was able to use eight different small brown scraps in the squares. Which is your favorite thus far?

I am working from home today because we are getting MORE snow. This makes me more and more excited for the trip we just booked to Arizona in March! Anyone else getting hit by more snow this week?

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15 comments:

  1. Deb @ Frugal Little BungalowFebruary 9, 2016 at 7:37 AM

    Beautiful blocks ! : )

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  2. AngieFebruary 9, 2016 at 7:57 AM

    Cute, cute RSC blocks! You've got some wonderful scraps to use up!

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  3. Vicki in MNFebruary 9, 2016 at 8:15 AM

    Love all your pretty chocolate blocks!

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  4. PaintedThreadFebruary 9, 2016 at 9:01 AM

    Mmm... chocolate. Those look great!

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  5. PeggyinNOFebruary 9, 2016 at 9:40 AM

    Pretty, pretty, pretty! Love brown and pink together!

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  6. Yvonne from Quilting JetgirlFebruary 9, 2016 at 10:25 AM

    I like butterfly at the crossroads, and it is fun to see brown used in such a great way. We are up to 60 and 70 degree weather out here in California, a kind of crazy heat wave after 5-8 inches of snow last week.

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  7. LIttle Penguin QuiltsFebruary 9, 2016 at 11:07 AM

    I really like the way you placed just a bit of pink in each block among your browns. This truly is a yummy combination!

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  8. Andree G. FaubertFebruary 9, 2016 at 5:49 PM

    Hi Alison, your blocks are great. I love the combination of pink and brown. Enjoy Arizona!

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  9. JeanneFebruary 9, 2016 at 5:58 PM

    Your chocolate covered strawberry blocks are wonderful! Nice combination of fabrics and patterns.

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  10. Diana @ Red Delicious LifeFebruary 9, 2016 at 10:30 PM

    I like the century of progress block the best. Love the brown and pink combo. It's funny, when I was pregnant we wanted chocolate to be a big color theme in nursery. Chocolate and pink if it was a girl, or chocolate and mint if it was a boy. Either way, we couldn't go wrong in my opinion.

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  11. Michele TFebruary 10, 2016 at 4:25 PM

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  12. IvaniFebruary 13, 2016 at 7:57 PM

    It is a great collection of brown and pink blocks!

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  13. scraphappyFebruary 14, 2016 at 7:43 AM

    I think I agree with you on the checkerboard block. You have to look twice to realize that all the browns are different. Great progress on the browns.

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  14. Jennie in GAFebruary 16, 2016 at 9:04 AM

    Live the simplicity of the checkerboard block, but they are all great!

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  15. KateFebruary 17, 2016 at 6:57 AM

    Beautiful blocks, the brown with a touch of pink is a great color scheme.

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