The color of the month for Rainbow Scrap challenge is Aqua.... LOVE!! One of my very favorite colors if you include aqua (more pastel) all the way to dark turquoise.
I like contrast mostly so I usually include all values of a color when I make something
Above I showed some of the prepped hexies on their way to this month's block
started with looking through the turquoise scrap bin and choosing these fabrics
7 of one color, and 6 of the rest, all cut about 2.5" to baste around the templates for hand sewing
It's laid out, and I'll stitch it this week and show the finished block of 36 hexies next time hopefully
I looked at these projects squirreled away in the turquoise box of scraps
this needs to be continued... I LOVE seeing purple and turquoise together...
I see that half flower appliqued somewhere, and hand embroidery on it. Speaking of which I put all the beads on Butterfly house this week while chatting to my friend Cindy.... pics of the placement on last week's post
I pulled out the small scraps and put them in stacks to use to make these...
and after a while, these
they look fresh up on the design wall!! next to the purple from last week. Gosh, where am I going with this? I thought I'd circle the center with one fabric and build out but that didn't always happen. They take a length of fabric that I always think could be used somewhere else.
I am loving the pops of color in the fabric prints
they are like chips so I'll make more...
when I'm not knitting at night of course
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| aqua socks for summer in cool yarn |
aren't these pots pretty along a neighbor's driveway???
as I was poking around my scraps I came across these bits, put a fern print from scraps behind them and
wowza!! I want to make this one
you don't have to anguish over applique, raw edges are pretty, and you can put dots of glue on to temporarily hold them while you free motion over them,... then add beads, and embroidery threads...from a recent walk.... remember.... |
| turquoise jeep! LOVE |
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That really is an aqua turquoise post. Superstitious folks would say a week full of omens.
ReplyDeleteLove aqua. Love your post!
ReplyDeleteI love aqua too!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it interesting how we start seeing the month's color all around us? I love those aqua hexies.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful. When did you learn to sew, Lee Anna?
ReplyDeleteI have a ballcap with the saying on it that is on the jeep. Not all who wander are lost.
So much aqua,turquoise, teal prettiness. Look at all the aqua in our environment. Looking forward to your Hexies and your butterfly house. 🦋
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing the hexie spiral in aqua! Such a cool design. Most beautiful jeep I've ever seen -- let's all get one for RSC Aqua month!!! Lol!
ReplyDeleteAqua is such a beautiful color and I love your hexies!
ReplyDeleteLots of aqua in your world this week! I need to dig out some aqua scraps this week.
ReplyDeleteI honestly doubt that there's any aqua in my stash and I'm rather ashamed of that because I do love it.
ReplyDeleteI love this pretty color too, and your blocks are beautiful! Love the squares on the wall, with your ather blocks, they look great! Have fun playing with this cute color! Thank you for sharing, there is so much inspiration in there!
ReplyDeleteIt's raining turquoise on your site and you are the reigning queen. Those hexies are particularly fetching.
ReplyDeleteI like all the shades from aqua to dark turquoise, too, and love all the fun bits you found in your scrap bin, LeeAnna! How fun to find all the turquoise around the neighborhood, too. Looking forward to seeing how you play with your turquoise scraps this month!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely, inspiring post! Guess what? After months of admiring your spiral hexies, I've started my own! LOL! Your projects and photos are extremely creative. Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteThis post is alive with happy design and colour! Turquoise and purple are the very best of friends. Those squares are a vision splendid!
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