Red Scraps for February Sewing

This week hasn't had too much free time in it, so I have only located and started to iron my red scraps.  I'll be getting ready for a new month of scrap sewing and I'll be trying to use up my red leftovers.

For some reason, I feel very well prepared for a scrappy month of RED projects!!!

I think it is because I have been collecting red fabrics for a long, long time.  I've always liked red and white quilts, especially redwork embroidery ones.  When we are on a trip I usually bring back a shopping bag of red and white prints.  Some day I hope to make a redwork quilt.   

For almost a year now, I've had a plan to get a white wicker patio set and it just happens to come with red and white cushions.  I think this spring I should actually purchase it instead of dream about it.  I am sure I will need some table pieces and a throw or two to go with the settee.  Perhaps I should even get the rocking chair and that might need a throw pillow!

Getting back to the ironing.  Many of these scraps came from my biggest box of oddly shaped scraps.  You know, the one where you throw any old pieces that you cannot seem to throw out.  These kinds make the best crazy patches, because they are already so chopped up.  I like using any of the strip ones for the string quilting and the bits and pieces for crumb style blocks. 

I must get busy sewing now.  To check out what other sewers are doing with their red scraps hop on over to Soscrapy's "Scrap Happy" blog and visit the other blogs to see what they have already done with the red theme.