I love the the first top. Thank you for the name of the pattern. Simple, but speaks volumes with your scrappy fabrics. I just love scrappys. I love what your doing with the wedges. A step off crumb blocks. Very clever. I save a lot of my scraps as well. You are truly inspiring me to get moving on using them. (After all, they are building up and threatening to take up space I really don't have.) So thank you for your bright inspiration.
Congrats on saving enough for your long arm. I hope you will enjoy it very much when you get it. I've heard of a lot of people who make up a lot of tops so they can practice on them when they get a long arm. Great planning on your part.
Don't forget to watch for those sales on a roll of batting or two.