As July fades away, I thought I would "review" the projects I created with the July "Color of the month", Purple.
The month began with the Crown Royal quilt. It was a stunning piece and quickly found its new home. It was an interesting process to determine what size squares I could get from the varying sizes of bags, which then helped to select the block pattern and layout. I opted out of a border (I didn't want to try to match the purple AND it was large enough already.) and went with a two-color binding that helped to frame the entire quilt. You can learn further details here.
When I gathered the purple "scraps" I discovered that I didn't have many... Rather, I had larger chunks in the stash and worked with those, which made more "scraps"...
I pulled the final few Hawaiian purple blocks and partnered them with some other purples from the stash... this lovely "lavender patchwork" was the result. It also quickly found its new home!
The batik print with the little pops of color add a special sparkle and the gold centers of the little "blossoms" (9-patch) offered my eye (and brain) a place to relax... does that make sense?
As I auditioned other purple fabrics for the 9-patch blocks it just felt dark... too dark. That was when I tried the gold and my entire body relaxed because there was "light" to see.
Another small (very small) project (and probably my favorite of the month) was the use of an orphan block (that had a touch of purple in it). Using reverse applique, I embellished a plain sweatshirt... making it fun! The tutorial for how I made it is here.
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| A sampling of what I created |
Finally, I dug into my actual scraps and played. I had considered sewing string blocks to make a throw, as I did with the green and blue scraps. It just didn't quite feel "right."
As I think about it now... it may be more popular than I thought, given the speed in which both purple quilts were snagged. LOL
I played with some orphan blocks that had been left over from my purple Pieces of My Life quilt and "jazzed" them up.
The simple 9-patch was cut into 4 sections. I rotated two of them and make the disappearing 9-patch block. (lower left)
Next up was revamping a pinwheel block... I cut it into thirds each direction and rotated pieces until I found a look that I liked. (upper right)
Finally, I responded to the call of the strings... My experiments with making hearts weren't a total fail, but not as successful as I had hoped... top left is my favorite. 💜
I may continue to play with purple since the August color is teal... I love teal, but I messed up in April and started with teal, when the actual color was red. Oh, well.
The revamped pinwheel block will probably become a medallion center for another small quilt. ;)
And finally.... here is my hexagon project!
We have four more months in the rainbow scrap challenge. I *believe* there are a total of 10 colors with the last 2 months of the year for assembling and finishing...
I will need to plan accordingly to get this hexagon shaped hexie project filled out... I think I need to expand on the orange, green and teal areas. I may need to just prepare the hexies and wait until I know the final two colors before sewing everything together. I'll be pondering that... 🤔
Are brown and grey typically part of the RSC?
Thanks for hanging with me as I offered a review of the month,
Which project is your favorite?
Keep Piecing,
Melva
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So many lovely creations this month, Melva. Your smile says so much about how much you like the sweatshirt embellishment!!! :D Thanks so much for linking up with Favorite Finish.
ReplyDeletei love that disappearing nine-patch! I can tell from your photo that you are just miserable with your playing - lol!
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