Sunday, March 9, 2014

Orange

I have been machine sewing this weekend. Firstly, I have started making orange x blocks. At the moment they measure, randomly, 3 6/8". I might trim them back further so there is less natural showing and they look more orange.




I have a lot more orange ones to make, and a few black and beige ones. You can see what happens when you cut the orange strips too short in the centre block. Ooops.

Our Monday Modern Block Lotto this month is simply a colour slab with a white square near the centre. Since I had the oranges off the shelf and unfolded, I went with orange. You can see the yellow, blue, teal and purple slabs in our flickr pool.



Now it's back to the hand sewing and blocks 7 and 8 [April] of The Circle Game.

13 comments:

  1. Absolutely loving your orange slab - and indeed your crosses. I'm having an orange moment too, I think.

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  2. Looks great! these blocks are going to be worth winning!! Linda

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  3. Great blocks! I don't think I have any orange at all in my stash.

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  4. I love these - and they appeal to me - perhaps cause I have a big orange fan in the house!

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  5. What awesome blocks both the X's and you're improv block!

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  6. Orange is my new favourite colour. I can't wait to see how those little X blocks get worked into a quilt.

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  7. Great orange fabrics! It's a colour I need more of in my stash.

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  8. I love the orange! Such an under appreciated color.

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  9. Your slab block is fabulous! And the collection of x blocks is going to be lovely, too. :)

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  10. Your blocks are lovely! I'm not even a big fan of orange, but this makes me want to make an orange quilt. :)

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  11. So lovely and bright - I love orange!

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