Week Two Swimming in Sea Green

I must say, I am so enjoying the sea green colour.  It is so restful and calming - almost as good as sunning on a Caribbean beach.

What I love about participating in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is selecting projects to work on for the year and not having to think about what to pull out to do.  Last week it was Cracker blocks and this week it was the 9 patches and hour glass blocks.

The colours don't look quite right but I have joined the 12 sea green  patches and hour glass blocks.  The hour glass block colours have such a subtle difference, white and cream, but I like the pastel look they create with the sea green blocks.

Don't the purple and sea green blocks play nicely together.  The sea green in this photo is more true to the real colours.

I also worked on a block lotto challenge for my guild's Community Outreach Committee.  It was fun making the cute little houses from 10 inch squares.  The process reminded me  of a magic tiles quilt I made many years ago.  I decided to use some 10 inch batik pre-cuts I won in a draw at our guild meeting.  Making them was addictive ....

Do  you think I got carried away?

While I was at it I decided t make some from brights I had lying around.

I think it's easier to see how the four fabrics shift through all the blocks.

Now I can't let February and Valentine's Day go by without making something in red and pink.  The block of the month for the guild was the 10 inch heart block with bonus HST.

It's been a great productive week with all the little projects but I really have to do some quilting and putting quilt tops together.  That will be the focus next week along with my RSC blocks for week 3.

Happy Valentine's Day to all.  Hope your Tuesday is spent doing what you love and with someone you love.

I'll be linking up with Angela at soscrappy and checking out other sea green, teal turquoise projects.

Finishing Purple and Starting Sea Green

As January drew to a close I decided to round out the month with some happy H blocks.  There were quite a few scraps left in the red violet range and they made up some lovely H blocks.

When those were finished I headed into my green and teal scraps to find the new colour - sea green.  The pickings were slim.  Some months are like that.

This is what was left after I cut the pieces for the Cracker blocks.

I tried for a range of light to dark sea green in the Cracker Blocks.

A few fat quarters might qualify for sea green.

Notice I had to cut into one of the fat quarters to make the 10 Cracker blocks I'll need for the quilt. The remaining February blocks - 7 H blocks, 12 nine patches and 6 tumbling blocks - will probably be cut from these as only one of the truly scrappy fabrics is large enough to cut pieces for  a block.

I'll be hopping over to soscrappy to see how you finished off January and started February.