Last Saturday for Teal

A busy week and just a little quilting on teal scraps completed.  I managed to finish the "Four Plus" block posted last Sunday, a Garlic Knot and the Cat block posted by Deb. 



Last week I made a couple of slabs of teal and this week I used one of the slabs to make the four plus block.  It has a totally different look when made from the slab rather than a solid piece of fabric.  I like the scrappy look.

 

 

Here's the garlic knot.  I just love this little block and it comes together so easily.

Finally here's the little cat block in a dark teal.

 

The reason I didn't get much teal done is that I was working on a seven shirt quilt.  What is really great about this quilt is that you make the top and back from seven men's shirts - 2 light and 5 dark.  The thrifty quilter has the instructions for the quilt posted on her blog.  She spoke at our guild meeting last fall and after seeing the quilt I knew I had to try to make one. 

The quilt usually ends with the piano keyboard border but I wanted a little extra length and had some extra yardage from the shirts so added a border to the top and bottom of the quilt.  I then pieced an extra border for the entire quilt.  I think this will make it easier when quilting as there won't be so many seams at the outside edges.  I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out.  Your eyes do dance a little from the red striped shirt fabric  in this photo but it really isn't bad when you see it live. 

I'll be linking up with Angela at so scrappy.  Stop by to see what others have been up to.

Teal Rainbow Scrap Challenge

Not much teal going on this past week.  Found time to stitch together the large and medium sized hexies but the small one is waiting for stitching.  Used the telephone book pages to make two slabs of teal for some blocks.  It looks like my sewing time will be pretty limited until after Easter but I'll have to sneak time in somehow.

Not everything is teal but it works and I'm sure will be great in one block or another.  Noticed that Angela has a new block posted.  Perhaps I'll cut up one of the slabs for the block.  Could be lovely.

Better Late Than Never

It's been a busy day trying to get everything in today but I did manage to get a pile of laundry out of the way, did a little cutting and planning and as a treat went to see Twelve Years a Slave this evening.  I was speechless when I left the movie.  It was easy to see why it, the cast, etc. won all of those academy awards.  But on to teal!

I managed to complete the block Angela posted and planned some hexie flowers for a spring table runner. 

Here are the blocks.  Some quilting buddies helped me out with some additional teal bits so I was able to add a new dark tone and some wild sunglasses to the mix.

 

Here are a few of the hexies I have cut.  Another quilting buddy had a bit of Kaffe Fassett fabric which I fussy cut for the flower centres.  I'm hoping to find some orangey bits for the stems and leaves to provide a bit of spark and contrast.  I think I have a bit of grey that will be perfect for background.

 

Pardon the poor quality of the photos but its late and I'm using overhead lights rather than natural lighting for the photography.

 

Linking up with Angela at Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  Stop by to see what others are doing.

  

Time for Teal

There was little time for teal this past week.  I managed to acquire some additional scraps from a few quilting buddies but it is not a colour that many use.  We couldn't figure why because it is such a beautiful colour.  Now I have these bits to add to the bag of teal scraps.  This will give me a little more variety.

Here are the teal spools I've added to the blue and pink spools.  I'm liking the brown ends better on these.

That's it for teal this week.  Hopefully I'll have more next Saturday.  Linking in with soscrappy.  Check to see what everyone is doing.

March 1st - Lion or Lamb out your way

It's the first day of March and I was wondering what the weather was like out your way.  It's cold and breezy here and snow showers are expected later this morning.  It is, however, warmer than it has been all week and the winds are a little calmer.  Does that make it a lamb or a gentle lion?

I know we're doing teal this month but I did manage to finish up the pink basket that was included in Angela's pink finish photo.   I cheated and cut some pieces 3.5" instead of all the 2" squares.  Fewer seams :) to deal with on the back.

Here's my boxy star in teal.  When I was working with the colour layout the dark quarter didn't appear as dark as it does in the photo but I think it will work in the overall quilt layout at the end.

Angela also posted instructions for two new blocks - Friendship Star and a variation of Courthouse Steps.

Here's Friendship Star.  The contrast isn't too good on this one but the print in the fabric helps to define the star.

And here's The Courthouse Steps variation.  Much better contrast here.

 

I'll be linking up with so scrappy.  Hop over to see what everyone is doing.