Aqua, Blue and Green

I turned my pile of aqua fabric scraps into some string and crumb blocks. These will be incorporated into future rainbow quilts. I love the look and the thriftiness of these "free" blocks.

I hope to make a monochromatic comfort quilt each month to support our guild outreach. I looked through my boxes of precut pieces for aqua, turquoise or sea green. I found some in the 2.5" x 6.5" and 2.5" x 8.5" piles, but not too many. When I expanded my color criteria to include greens and blues, I found enough to make 35 eight inch blocks which I finished into a charity quilt. I only needed about 1/2 yard of the cream fabric to finish the top. I still need to sew down the binding, but it's almost completed.

Our guild had a challenge this month to create a small quilt representing a letter or a number. I chose "B" and found many "B" images in my fabrics to add to my creation. The overall size is about 15" x 20".

My daughter has an out-of-town guest visiting, so the sewing room was transformed to the guest room. In picking up and putting away all my projects, I found a forgotten collection of aqua strings. There may be more string blocks in my future this month!

I'm linking up to RSC17 - check out all the other wonderful aqua creations! 

Playing with Aqua

I added to my black, white and aqua blocks all week and decided to stop at 64 eight-inch blocks for a 64" square top. My daughter who has lots of aqua in her room has claimed this quilt ... I like making things my kids like. Thanks for the pattern, Alycia! Many of the aqua fabrics are leftovers from a quilt I made for her several years ago. Feels great to make this top completely from fabrics in my stash.

I sorted through my smaller aqua, turquoise and sea green scraps and found enough for a 18" inverted star block. I didn't make a purple one last month, but I think this will be one of my RSC17 projects. I have the pieces cut for a second aqua block, and these big blocks will make a fast top.

Be inspired by all the aqua and sea green projects at Angela's RSC17 link up!

Aqua, Black and White

I recently pulled out my black and white fabrics for a small project and realized my black and white stash is overflowing. I had been buying for a "future project" which had yet to materialize. Last month, I used some b&w to surround my rainbow and mixed color 9-patches. I decided to use this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge color to add some pop to a rail fence variation. I was inspired by Alycia's quilt here. Right now I have enough cut for 56 blocks, but I might keep going. I like the look!

Other recent finishes include this top using (some of the) crumb blocks I made each month of 2016. I like looking at the blocks and remembering where the fabrics came from.

I quilted swirls in the crumb blocks, and different border designs in the white sashings.

I also finished this rails and pinwheels block (pattern from Maryquilts) which used some Riley Blake Sugar and Spice fabrics left over from another quilt I made years ago. I cleaned out several different pink fabrics in the pinwheels. Quilted with an allover meander of loops, butterflies and dragonflies. Glad to move these fabrics into a cute donation quilt!