Sunday, June 3, 2012

A little late with dusty blue


This little 9" square was created using the only scraps of dusty blue I could find.  I decided to try a patriotic theme, since these are colors I almost never put together in a quilt.  The dusty blue came to me as a 10" square someone had left over from a quilt from a long time ago.  The gingham was also a gift, as was the red batik with the dots.  I think the outside border was also a gift.  I did purchase the white and the dark blue with dots for another project.  I grew up with blue, all blue, as my very favorite color.  Somewhere along the line, I have moved away from it.  If I use blue now in my quilts, it is teal, aqua, or turquoise.  I don't remember when that happened.  Anyway, I call this Miss American Pie.  It will be another AAQI quilt. 
Do I like the color?  Yes.
Will I use it again?  I really don't know.  Right now, I am trying to work out of my stash, and I don't have many blues.

5 comments:

janequiltsslowly said...

The gingam with the dusty blue and red are perfect together. Miss American pie is wonderful.

Willa said...

Very light and refreshing!

sheila 77 said...

I like this, with the curves and the way the colours swoop in and out. I'm trying to work out how you did this.

Victoria Findlay Wolfe said...

It's interesting thought whne a color pops in and you find a use for it! So the dust blue inspired a sweet AAQI quilt! That seems to have been worth the exercise.

Tracey said...

Lovely, Miki!! Very visually interesting. Love the curved seams.