Still, though.
Not more blanket tops.
Not now.
But...hmm...what about that sewy thingy I'm actually interested in making now, a bomber jacket? I definitely have a pattern I've used before with no problems, New Look 6120 from...um...from that time around Y2k when Simplicity wasn't including the copyright on the envelope.
So I decided I'd try it again, only this time I'd also try crumb quilting to build up the panels from which the jacket pieces would be cut. I'd never done proper crumb quilting before--I'd always taken the time to square up the little bits, which probably added significantly to the amount of time things took.
I grabbed a gallon bag and started digging into the scrap bin, with the goal of gathering light purple, light pink, black and white, and gray. The bag filled quickly, and just as quickly did the idea form that, no, these scraps would not be used for a bomber jacket, they'd be used for a motorcycle jacket. (Which I do have a pattern for. A pattern that's still never been used.)
So I grabbed another gallon bag and started putting allll the bright colors in...and noticed I had a lot of yellows and oranges and blues and I know someone for whom those are perfect colors so the plan became "Make a crumb quilt patchwork bright color bomber jacket for her!" And once I decided it would be for her, I started adding all sorts of prints that I really liked and knew I would have continued to otherwise hoard. The power of friendship: it can actually use the precious stash.
I didn't take pictures of the scrap assembly, because when do I ever remember to take progress pictures? But it took big chunks of one Saturday and the following Sunday, which was a lot less time than I expected, and also it didn't use up the entirety of the gallon'o'scraps, either.
