Last block in green

It's Saturday and time to check in with Angela at soscrappy.  All year I've been making the blocks for a scrappy saw tooth star quilt and the final block has been stitched.

Swamp Angel forms the centre of the star. 

I made the Swamp Angel star block when I was first attempting some quilting and turned it into a pillow.  Of all the pillows I made at the time this was my least favourite.  (Can you figure when that was by the fabric and colour choices?)

You can see in my first attempt I didn't make the square in a square centre pop by using different colours.  I wanted to make the star the focus so made the square the same colour.   But in Angela's version I did make the distinction.   I thought I would like the block better in the smaller 6.5" format and done in a monochromatic colour scheme but .... no, Swamp Angel is not one of my favourite blocks.  Is it the colours I selected or the placement of those colours?  I don't know.  It just doesn't appeal to me.

I finished only one other small item in green.  This folded star technique made up into a cute little pincushion.  The second fabric I selected had a very rhythmic circles motif and when the rectangles were folded I didn't get a uniform colour distribution.  This fabric was to be the dark punch for the second round of star points but I have a mix of light green, white and dark green.  Had the motif been more random I  may have been able to manipulate it some.  Oh, well,  it's done and any finish is a good finish.

Going Green

A few days ago, before the big rain and strong winds arrived, I noticed the leaves on the neighbour's linden tree as it turned from green to a beautiful multi-coloured splendour.  There were deep burgundies and russets, dark greens and yellowy greens, orange and gold: an incredible palette.  And I thought how appropriate that we be working with the lighter, brighter greens this month. The linden had so much of it that one morning.  Enough musing,  we are so close to having the RSC quilt designed by Angela finished - only one block left to go (and I see that Angela has it posted - Swamp Angel).  Here's the Ohio Star in the centre block:

Can you see that I've already got it attached to it's place of honour in the yellow/green row?  So, so close to a finish!

Speaking of finish, I made the green boxy star too.

Angela hasn't chosen a colour for December so I'll have to choose one once I lay out all the blocks and see what colour should be added to balance the Boxy Star Quilt .  It's been two years in the making and wants to be finished.

What green have the RSC quilters completed this past week?  Stop by and see.