Birthstone is the theme for the fourth challenge of Season #16 of Project Quilting, hosted by Kim at Persimon Dreams and Trish at Quilt Chicken. Participants are required to use the color of our birthstone as a guide for our projects. That gave me two choices because my birth month of October has two different birthstones, pink tourmaline and opal.
It didn't seem like there would be time for me to make anything this week, so I wasn't really thinking much about ideas for the challenge. Then there was a flash of inspiration this morning when I realized that I have some batik fabrics that would definitely work to represent opals. I picked out a favorite block pattern and made this placemat.
Interlocking Opals placemat
The darker batik was used on the back. It reminds me of a map of the continents.
Check out all the different projects inspired by this week's Project Quilting theme at Kim's blog, Persimon Dreams. The next Project Quilting challenge will be posted there at noon CST on Sunday, March 2nd. Come join the fun!
Happy quilting!
Julie in GA
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