Saturday 5 August 2017

Neutral for the RSC

A long time ago when I first found the Rainbow ScrapChallenge and the colour of the month was neutrals, I felt stumped, how could I do neutral, how would this fit into my Rainbow quilt?  So I made nine neutral blocks with a touch of the rainbow in each block, and all this time they sat on the shelf, I wasn’t sure what to make with these nine little (7 ½ inch) blocks.
 

Then this month when Angela announced that we were doing neutral, I pulled them out and the creative juices started to flow.  I have so many neutral scraps, so for this month I’ll probably just keep making low-volume Mile a Minute squares, and I just might end up with enough for a whole quilt.  Wouldn’t that be great?  I think I might continue to add the occasional colour, perhaps pastels to some of the blocks.

So here are the blocks I finished last night.
 


If you are interested in the Mile a Minute technique I have a tutorial which starts here, and goes on for six weeks (six blog posts), caution, it's addictive.

8 comments:

  1. That punch of colour in each neutral block is so much fun. Should be a stunning quilt.

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  2. LOVE those LIGHT NEUTRAL blocks with the random bits of bright colors sewn in!! Such a fast, fun technique to create scrap quilts.

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  3. I love the pops of color in your neutrals. What a fun collection! Hope that you collect enough to turn it into a quilt soon.

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  4. Gosh, these are Really Looking Good!! What a great idea. It's going to be gorgeous all together. :D

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  5. I love your random bits of color here and there among the low volume fabrics! You should definitely keep going on this - it's going to be a wonderful quilt!

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  6. Great touch to add that bit of color!

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  7. Great plan to use neutrals with a pop of color!

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  8. Edith,youI'm looking forward to your tues have really inspired me in looking at neutrals in a different way. I'll check back on Tuesday.

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