The second challenge for Season 15 of Project Quilting was announced on Sunday, and the theme was "Sky Color." Here's the challenge:
Take inspiration from the colors of the sky, but exclude or use less than 10% of the usual blue.
It took me a few days to figure out how I wanted to interpret the theme. Most of my ideas were for scrappy projects, and I didn't have the time or energy to pull out a whole pile of fabrics in order to cut them all. The plan finally came together after I discovered a Zip-loc bag of scraps from an earlier project.
Blooming Onion, 60.5" x 80.5"
The pieces I used measured about 2" x 4.75" each. I arranged them in a gradation of the colors of a sunrise. They were all pieced together into a placemat measuring 12" x 16".
For the back, I used an old favorite Hoffman Fabrics gradation print. I had previously used the same fabric in my Project Quilting Mystery quilt earlier this month.
Linking up with:
Project Quilting 15.2 at Persimon Dreams
Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation
Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts
Can I Get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Happy quilting everyone!
Julie in GA
Love your sunrise quilt... and that blooming onion is spectacular!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a gorgeous sunset on the desert. Well done.
ReplyDeleteLove the blooming onion, Spetacular!
ReplyDeleteI really like your sky colors. That Blooming Onion is fantastic! (That's another pattern on my bucket list....)
ReplyDeleteThis is kind of what I had envisioned in baby quilt or take-to-yoga-class quilt, but I have since gone in a different direction, and, unlike you, I did cut and cut and cut scraps and stash! Hope I can get it finished by Sunday!
ReplyDeletePS I made the Blooming Onion for my brother and his husband's wedding gift back in 2004! Love that pattern, well Karla's entire book!
DeleteWhat a vibrant and happy quilt! Super pretty.
ReplyDeleteI still love your blooming onion, and the scraps make for a wonderful sunset sky place mat!
ReplyDeleteYou captured the colors of a sunset beautifully! Congrats on a gorgeous finish.
ReplyDeleteI'm a sucker for a beautiful sunrise in the sky or as a quilt. Absolutely gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteStunning. Love it!
ReplyDeleteOh Wow!!! Literally a Fire in the Sky - I LOVE this!!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are both gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteLove this and your Bloomin' Onion! Wow!
ReplyDeleteI loved the quilt and I love what you did with the leftovers, Julie!!
ReplyDeleteBoy do I love your blooming onion quilt, and the placemat made with the leftovers is just as stunning!
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