Crumb Blocks QOV

 Every so often those scrap bins get full, so I would sit down and make crumb blocks. then! I put them in a pile. 

Remember - I am working on my piles - so I pulled that one out and was pleasantly surprised to see how many Red and Blue blocks I had... enough for a Whole - ish quilt.

Each blocks was 8 1/2 inches Square

This was the first layout - it was going to be about 56 x 72 - I typically like my QOV's to be 60 inches wide....

So I kept digging. I had started making these stars as leader/Enders - but they were 9 1/2 inches.

I laid them out to see if I even liked the idea before cutting them down.... 

This is the first idea →

I wasn't completely in love...

I kept playing and decided I liked them in a diagonal - that way it looked like it was intentional.. ( you buy that right?)

Then I trimmed the stars down to 8 1/2 inches and got to stitching

Voila - a 64 x 72 inch Quilt of Valor top. I have one Red and one Blue crumb block left. I think those are called *seeds* as you know more block may grow.... haha

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My Leader Ender Project is growing...

 Last year one of my Quilting groups wanted to make these little scrappy Stars - and I fell in love after making one... so I trimmed up some scraps and made a pile, and figured as soon as I finished my current leader ender I would start on these...

I decided it was time to lay them out and see how many I had... and what colors I should keep making - Imagine my surprise when I was pretty even on the colors!! and! I have 23 blocks!!

I think I made 4 Blue ones for the Group quilt - and then I think I started on these in May of this year. That is not too bad for just using them as leader/enders - I bet by the end of the year I should have enough for a Quilt.

We also headed up to Wyoming this weekend - My family I married into has a very rich history around Douglas - and the Ayres Natural Bridge - I am sure I have blogged about it before. But we went up and met the family for a picnic at the bridge. Surprisingly - I took one photo!

It sure was pretty up there tho!!

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