I havent posted since the start of this blog.....

But, I do come for inspiration occasionally and the color challenge hooked me in. I am behind but I am playing catch up.
So far, I have done ochre, mauve and orange....Love orange anytime, was nuetral on ochre and having lived thru the 80's (muave and soft blue, teal carpeting) I was apprehensive...You know what? I like how they all look...It is amazing how the colors you surround the main color with change the look and hue.. Now Hopefully, you will be able to tell which block is which....

Rust finally done!

I was so excited when I saw the new color, rust.  But then for days struggled as I couldn't find fabrics that worked together.  Finally I happened upon the small flower piece in the middle of the above block and set off in a whole new direction, which resulted in the above block.  The rust fabric I used is lighter than what I was originally try to use which you can see below on the left.  Maybe my problem was that my first rust (fabric on the left) wasn't as rusty as I originally thought.

Finally, I want to share my made fabric which started out as strips left over from my Internaational Robin project.  I am so happy to get to used these fabrics together again.

Memorial Day Project

One of the contributors to this blog, Beth, is assembling a quilt or two to donate to a Verterans' home.  She requested stars predominately red, white, blue & yellow.  So I took a little time today to make this block for her.  It takes a little longer, & is a bit harder to work with, but I love how made fabric adds pizazz to just about any  traditional block!

What I did Today

Hard to get motivated so I made a new scrap basket, using "Made Fabric" of course, to replace the cardboard box.



Before

After

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Finished the Rust Block

Here is the collage of my color challenge so far with the rust block added.  I think the mauve blocks need to be a little darker. Too close in value to the peach block.

Hate when this happens. --------- >
This is one of the fun challenges of working with "Made Fabric."  Glad I have a have a great set of tweezers to pull out the small corners.









Is it Wednesday yet?

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Rust is a rich red brown

I love this color.... reminds me of burnished copper or a rich warm dark maple syrup produced from the trees here in Wisconsin.  Once again, I had to visit the Quilt Shop because I didn't have any fabric other than a small square of print with rust and brown.  Went to the red/orange section and this was the one that immediately caught my eye... no decisions required.

I was looking at all my finished blocks and it seems as though most of my made fabric incorporates orange, yellow, turquoise, green and always some  purple in light, medium or dark values.  Might be that purple is my favorite color.  And when I thought of copper and how it ages, I saw verdigris and found some in a piece of batik in my collection.

This block also feels good, just like last week's comfortable Dusty Blue.  The backround color is actually a warm buttery yellow and it really works well with the rust.

I'm not sure how I'll finish the top or the direction of the points. I was thinking of making a border with half square triangles using the 12 weekly colors along with a solid.  This is where decisions, decisions begins.

my block for Janet!!!!

better late than never...things here have been hectic but today I decided to put everything on hold and finish Janet's block.
It is in the envelop and ready to be brought to the post office ASAP!

Janet I am sorry this took so  long to get done..
it was a fun and interesting block to put together!

Two for One

Here are my dusty blue and rust blocks.

I fell a bit behind, so today was catch up.

I was surprised to find a perfect dusty blue in my stash.

I think it must have been given to me,

because I don't remember buying. 

That's not to say I didn't buy it, I just don't remember!

I paired it with hot pink, green and a orange and yellow print.

I am beginning to think that orange goes with everything!

So onto the rust . . . 

I know that piece of fabric was given to me by my friend Bambi Shapiro.

She gave me the blue and gold here too.

I added the green.

No orange in site, maybe orange doesn't go with everything.

So here are my two newest blocks.

And here are my eight all together.

I will start playing around with them now.

I need a bigger design wall.

Guess I'll move to the floor.

Rust by Carol

Made my rust block today. I used my giraffe fabric.

--carol e.

Beebee's Block

The end of the month is fast approaching and I need to get Beebee's block done.  I took a bin of scraps that had a few pieces of made fabric left over from other projects.  Sewed them together and add a few more pieces.  Followed Beebee's excellent instructions.  And in no time at all her block was done.

I can't wait to see her quilt.

Soon....

I'm soooo behind, what will I do....I've missed orange and rust and oh gosh, dusty blue! A working vacay we needed and took...but I've watched all your blocks...really...I LOOKED. Soon I'll be back when my blocks are all done...I've so missed ya'll...missed 15 minutes of play FUN.
P.S. But what a treat to meet Ms V f2f!

dusty blue...

Have really caught the gardening bug so lately all my blocks seem to be reminiscent of flowers. This "dusty blue" challenge block is inspired by the hydrangea. I added more blues, brown, green and little bits of fuchsia.

Here are the added fabrics with the starter on the lower left...

Am having lots of fun playing with my scraps to make these blocks. I've misplaced my challenge #6 "orange" block so will post that one tomorrow. Now on to #8 "rust".