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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Oh Scrap! at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework
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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!
ReplyDeleteWhew, all of that and hosting the Blog Hop too?!? You've had a whirlwind month! Loving all the use of purple, a color I really want to try working with on a focus project one day. I've missed RSC most of this year. I pulled out some things but didn't get far with them. In the past, I think I saw that brown and grey are part of the "end of the year" neutrals you get to work with but don't quote me on that. Can't go wrong with making more hexies, if you don't use them for this, they can always go into other projects --- or on another sweatshirt!
ReplyDeleteHi Melva, you've done great work on the purple blocks! Thanks for linking up to FM Mavericks
ReplyDeleteGreat work on your recap, Melva. Your hexie project is coming along nicely. Love the play of light and shadow you have achieved with the layout.
ReplyDeleteYour projects are lovely. You're such a prolific quilter. I bet you know which of them is my favorite! Yup, the EPP one! :)
ReplyDeleteYour purple projects this month are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYour disappearing pinwheel block is great! Pretty purple blocks all together. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteJust lovely, Melva! All of your quilt projects are wonderfully made. I used to quilt when we lived on base (1989-1991) at Camp Pendleton, CA, with a group of quilters there. We made a quilt for some donation project and I learned a lot about pricking your middle finger, lol! ;) Later I developed carpal tunnel so I don't hand sew much anymore, but I am glad that I have a few quilt squares laying around. Now that my craft room is settled, maybe I will get those out and machine sew them together. Would be nice to make a few table toppers. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy to feature your post at this week's Share Your Style #463 for you. <3
Stay cool and happy sewing,
Barb :)