Playing with shades of colour.

Sometimes when we audition and play with fabrics, the hues come together after elimination of the colours which seems right when we place them in a group. Only then to discover that what seems to be right, is in actual fact a group of red herrings. 

These six fabrics was removed from the group, together they dance and work well, just not with the collection above.

It has to have five fabrics in groups of four per colour. Taking the picture and changing it too grey scale helps with this, removing the colour and seeing the values only.

From the top: green, dark blue, medium blue/turquoise-teal, lights medium to light. The last one is a zinger, which will make the quilt pop and create movement. If this fabric was just plain white it will make it too bland. Today started off as a rainy day, so it will be a relaxing day...

Lime green, black and grey.

The final colour for RSC21 is lime green. Two more blocks required after making the black and grey.

Black and grey strips sewn for nine patch blocks. 

Ten more blocks finished. 

A new start.

Love the way these flowers just burst forward and gets covered in the orange flowers.  Just next to it we planted one with pink flowers.

They bloom best in late summer and fall. When everything else is winding down, they produce a show of colour.

The two selections so far.

A new start for a Christmas quilt, will play with the fabrics.  Need twenty fabrics and they have to be half meter pieces each.

Still surprised by the red sunflowers. 

Filling the boxes with some Apple wood.

Some organic matter. Next will be leaves from the Maple tree. These we will use the lawn mower to chop smaller. Then it will be soil, peat and compost. The wood is used to add bulk, so less soil is needed. It will breakdown in time. Waiting for the next RSC21 colour for October to be announced. 



 

Warm day.

We have red sunflowers! Took awhile but they arrived, did not think it was possible but now seeing them bloom and putting on a display it was worth the wait.

Next to the orange ones.

The first cauliflower. 

The peppers are just producing fruit,  the black ones turn red or orange after ten days.

The last of the spinach and tomatoes. 

Broccoli, carrots and celery. These were the boxes we started off with last year.

More boxes built and lined with weed fabric.  Sewed these to fit the boxes. 

The liners were tacked into place with upholstery tacks, as per hubby's request.

Red and white

The red and white stems are progressing well,  finished a second vase and started the third.

Need to make more stems, ran out on this spot.

More stems made with the eight of an inch bias strip tool.

Third vase stems done.

Fourth vase stems started.

An unexpected trip, had me find a few more fabric for the red and white quilt.

A few blues and some batting for a quilt.

Cranberries and cream,  will use some of the reds for the red and white quilt with the remaining fabric for a quilt to be given away in the future. 

Orange blocks.

The collection so far, with the orange blocks. A total of 98 nine patch blocks. Twelve blocks to go until the end of the year, this got the project going all because of the RSC21 colour challenge.  The churn dash blocks that are the alternating blocks is also growing. Will finish the sub units for them before sewing these blocks. A big thank you to our hostess of our colour challenge!!!

Next row for the charm quilt. 

Pink sunflower?

This one definitely got me to do a double take.

Next to the orange and yellow sunflowers.

This one is growing from inside a bought butternut squash,  when taking the seeds out to cook it. The seeds had already sprouted inside the squash, so it got dropped in a pot outside and forgotten. To our surprise it grew into a plant and produced this fruit.

The charm row is done, finished it while watching the last episode of Manifest on Netflix. 

Seven more orange nine patch blocks finished for RSC21.

Another vase the stems are done, two more vases to go.

Cranberries and cream, fat eight bundle. These reds is for the red and white quilt. The rest will be used with another bundle of the same to create a quilt which will be donated in the future.