Our new color assignment for July at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is aqua, plus all the other blue-green colors like turquoise and teal. These are my favorites and I will have plenty of scraps to play with, but first I needed to finish my last set of blue blocks for July.
These are my "Terry" blocks, inspired by Terry Rowland's colorwash quilts, featured in her series of three YouTube videos. These scrappy little blocks will finish at 3".
I started by making one batch of about 35 or 40 blue blocks, decided I must have some more blue scraps around, and kept on going. It was quite a surprise to get them all up on the wall and discover that there was a total of 64 blocks!
I began making the Terry blocks in mid-February and need to go back at some point and make the green blocks for January. I've been averaging around 50 blocks each month and can easily imagine ending up with 500 to 600 of them. I haven't decided yet if I will include neutrals like black and brown. A total of 500 blocks set 20 x 25 would make a quilt that measures 60" x 75".
Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge every Saturday and Oh Scrap! over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday.
Happy quilting everyone!
Julie in GA
Very fun blues. That's a lot of blocks, but you'll need a lot if 500 will make a throw sized quilt. I'm still finishing up my blue blocks too.
ReplyDelete64 BLUE blocks? Wow, Julie! Looking forward to seeing how the AQUA blocks come together.
ReplyDeleteI'm loving this colorwash vibe. Definitely need to check out the videos.
ReplyDeleteThe color wash effect is such an eye catcher. I love that each 3" block as a pop of contrasting color. Great way to use up those scraps.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of blocks! Finish at 3 inches! Awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for the link to Terry Rowland’s videos. I watched all three and Terry provides great tips for making the blocks and for handling them/sewing them into a top. Very inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI really like the 'radiant' effect. Lovely blues!
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