Friday, February 12, 2021

Little Gems

Well this was very fun! For our Bee Sewcial prompt this month, Stephanie/
@spontaneousthreads chose Little Gems: "small studies of happy improv (45 to be exact::: each 2.5” square:: [which] adds up to just under 12.5” x 24.5”). Background a mix of black/very dark grays and off white/white. Pops of color as the focal point of each block. Color to background percentage no more than 30ish % but can be as little as 5%."

How perfect was this for my own personal 50 Days of Scraps??  My modus operandi was to make several blocks, then trim them to size and see what I could make with the trimmings. I came up with some of my favorite blocks that way.

AND though I counted these little guys over and over as I created, I somehow ended up with a couple of extra blocks, which is fine because one or two might be slightly over Stephanie's requested maximum of 30% color. It was hard to judge!

Anyway, these were great fun, and I was actually kind of sad to be done. But no worries, moving right along to a new scrap project!

8 comments:

  1. The contrast and colors in these blocks are great! Were you channeling Mondrian when you created them?

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  2. I very much enjoyed seeing you add to these fun blocks each day. I'm curious to see Stephanie's plan in putting them all together.

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  3. these are amazing and I can't wait to see the quilt she comes up with!

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  4. These really look like “little gems”! I especially like that royal blue colour. This will certainly be an interesting finished quilt.

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  5. The blocks are wonderful, each a treasure and together magic.

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  6. What fun little blocks! I also love making small things.

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  7. I love that you keep counting! I use the little clips to keep my blocks together in groups of 10. Saves a lot of time counting for us OCDQs (OCD quilters!)
    Stay safe and sew on!https://quiltchatter.blogspot.com/2021/02/blue-for-brothers.html

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