Two Challenges in One

Pink is still the colour for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, so I thought I'd incorporate it with the quilt challenge on the yahoo group, Small Quilt Talk.  The challenge is to make a quilt, no more than 30" square using a basket block.  Now, I haven't done these before in a big block, let alone a 4" block.

I did make a start in the week, but it was a bad day,  Every bit I sewed, I had to unpick and do again.  After three blocks like that, I gave up.  Thursday was a better day, but I still did not have enough blocks, so I did some more yesterday.

This the first time I've set blocks on point, so it's been a bit of trial and error, but this is what I ended up with by the time I finished yesterday.

I ran out of white, so I packed it all away until I could get some more.  As I was tidying up, I found another piece of the white, so I've cut it ready to piece some more today.  I think there my be enough to get the top done this weekend.

These small blocks are definitely a challenge, and less forgiving than the larger blocks, but using some tips from other blogs, I starched than ironed the fabric before cutting.  I found it was so much easier to work with so will try to remember to do it the next time.