No surprise that the color for this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge was GREEN. I started with this small pile of precut green squares left over from the Kids quilts I just finished:
Then it was time to search out the greens to go with them. Turns out there are a lot more different shades of green than I thought.
I eliminated the darks and the olive/forest/yellow-ish shades and came up with these:
Much as I loved that grass green fabric in the bottom left, it turned out to be a pristine fat quarter with nothing cut from it yet so I put that one back in the stash. This is supposed to be a scrap challenge after all. But....that brings up the question...
Just what is a SCRAP?
There are lots of different definitions I am sure, mostly concerned with the size of the piece of fabric. But for me, and for purposes of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, a scrap had to be something that was left over from another project, regardless of the size of the piece.
Although it looks like a lot of yardage, most of those green fabrics had chunks of pieces missing:
Anyhow, now that we have that cleared up, 😉, here are my green Birds In the Air blocks for this month's challenge:
and here is the matching crumb block:
What pretty green fabrics! They look so nice together. Definitely reminds of St. Patrick's Day!!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize I had so many different greens!
DeleteBeautiful green blocks, very nicely done!
ReplyDeleteThank you. It's refreshing to work with such a Spring color this time of year.
DeleteBeautiful bright greens. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kathie. Same to you!
DeleteThey are lovely greens. Very bright and fresh
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm so happy that it is Spring. Hope to see more greens when I look out my window!
DeleteI find myself making those color and shade decisions with every new color. Some shades just don't go together. But your greens are so spring-y, and I especially love the Birds in the Air blocks!
ReplyDeleteAs usual, I overthink things, but, part of the quilting fun for me is choosing the fabric so it's all good!
Deletegreen was hard to decide - I think a scrap is anything less than a fat quarter.
ReplyDeleteScraps do come in all sizes, but I just hated to cut into a fresh fat quarter to make a scrapbuster quilt.
Deleteoh and your greens look great together
ReplyDeleteThsnks, Maggie!
DeleteOh! Those glorious GREEN blocks. LOVE!!!
ReplyDeleteI love working with all kinds of greens, but for this project, intended to become a donation to "Quilts for Kids", I am sticking to the brights if I can.
DeleteLove your Birds in the Air blocks. Your greens were great choices.
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