August Goal Complete

I spent all weekend cutting and sewing my Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks. Other than the stained glass blocks (which I've decided to postpone until the weather gets cold again), I've caught up on all the blocks for my RSC projects!

On Friday, I finished the Flowers for Nana Girl blocks.  I started cutting out the dark green triangles for the sashing blocks, but I won't bother to build those until I know how many I need.

Then on Saturday, I finished the Bloom blocks. I also cut out the rest of the light pieces and the dark green leaves for the remaining 8 blocks. Now that I have counted them and know I need 8 more, and there are only 3 colors left, I will likely backtrack and make a couple more in an earlier color when I get the project out again next month.

And then on Sunday, I made 32 of the Arlington Square blocks! These blocks are really quick to make especially when you have many of the squares already pre-cut.

Looking at this photo, it's obvious there isn't enough orange in those blocks so I will cut extra orange squares for the next round. 

I also counted up these blocks and I have realized I already have more than the 96 total I need and there are still 3 more colors for RSC. Oops. I guess they're too easy to make. I've decided to continue making them each month but I'll just use the extras in a lap quilt, probably without the fancy border.

I've also been looking ahead at how I'm going to assemble these blocks, i.e. whether I want to add sashing or not. I think with all the seam matching along the edge of the blocks, I will be adding sashing, but I can't decide which color. Which do you guys prefer? White or Black?

I'm linking up with Design Wall Monday and Monday Making. I'm also linking up with One Monthly Goal. Drop on by those blogs if you want to see more great projects.