Design Wall Monday: Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) 2022

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This is my second year participating in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) and I'm off to a late start LOL!  Red is the color of the month for January.  And, because I can't decide which quilt I want to make, I decided I'd make all three.


When I saw this quilt by Sew Preeti Quilts, I knew I wanted to make it for RSC 2022.  The block is called Picket Star and Preeti provides a free tutorial to make the 17-inch block.  It's a little challenging to get the corners of the center square to precisely line up but I love this quilt.



I found this quilt when I was surfing the web looking for a pattern for my RSC 2022 quilt.  This quilt is Falling Stars by The Academic Quilter.  It is made with the Red Cross block, and she provides a tutorial to make this block in 3 sizes.  It's not a difficult block to make but you do have to pay attention to the placement of the units.  I made only the 4 blocks but had to unsew and resew two of them 😂.



And the third quilt pattern is Catching Rainbows by Bonnie Hunter, which she released in 2021.  
The pattern is made of 9 blocks for each of 8 colors.  It's not a very difficult block but you do need to be very precise with cutting and sewing so the corners line up properly.  I've only made one block.  And it looks like I need more practice but hopefully, I get better by the time I make the 72nd block :).

If you'd like to see what other quilters are sharing, please visit the following linky parties which I'm happy to join:

Oh Scrap! @ Quilting is More Fun Than Housework
Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Until next time ... 
Be happy and keep on quilting!


Comments

  1. AnnieOApril 19, 2022 at 11:38 PM

    I've not joined the Rainbow Scrap Challenges ever, but love seeing all the different scrappy quilts that turn out from the year long challenge. You've chosen three great blocks.

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  2. NancyApril 23, 2022 at 8:21 AM

    I especially like the first quilt with those wonderful stars against a white background. I know about the challenge of aligning the center triangles into a square because of a different quilt/different pattern with the same triangle-to-square alignment.

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