Scrambled

A few weeks ago, I took some fat quarters, some scraps, and the beginnings of some scrappy Chopped blocks with me for a decadent day of sewing with friends. There's enough stuff here for three Chopped quilts, one scrappy, and two based on a collection of fat quarters.

With quilted projects mostly done for now, I pulled out the partially constructed scrappy blocks and settled in for some stacks of sewing.

Paired 5" squares needed one more seam, and a slice down the middle.

The sliced stack, then needed pressing, one at a time.

When they were cut apart, the half-square triangle units were stacked so they were one on top of the other, and I wanted them to be all scrambled up so none of the blocks would be matchy-matchy. So I made a little bit of a game out of the scramble.

On my big board, as I pressed each unit, I laid out 4 pairs of units across the top edge of the board--8 half-square triangles total, matching units next to each other. I started the second row by placing the next unit on top of the *second* square so units would be separated--daisies on blue paired up with a different scrap, in this case yellow bees. I continued dealing out the deck of units following this pattern so that every unit was paired with a different unit. (It makes more sense when you actually see this happening, but it worked!)