whisper wind sky

It was Leanne's @shecanquilt turn to choose a Bee Sewcial @beesewcial prompt this month, and she chose "whisper, wind, and sky, mainly the clouds in the sky. Consider the movement of the breath during a whisper or of the clouds in the sky." She asked that we make improv blocks using fabric “crumbs” - no piece larger than 2” on a side. "Your crumbs can be used in any shapes you like, cut with or without rulers or both, can be all of one shape (e.g. rectangles or long stripes ) or a combination of all shapes." The colours requested ran from bright white to darkest black and the blues and possibly other colours we might see in a daytime sky.

I opted to create entirely ruler-free, and made two blocks, the first measuring about 10" x 10". Despite the fact that Seattle experiences its share of cloudy and rainy days, we count any day with sunshine or blue sky a win, brief though it may be.

The second block measures approximately 11.5" x 18" and represents the band of dark clouds we sometimes see over the lake behind our house prior to a weather shift. Hubby or I always comment when one of us sees a band of dark clouds, as they are so striking. 

Both blocks will be sent to Leanne untrimmed, per her request. They were a bit of a challenge for me, as I don't usually save fabric crumbs, so pretty much had to cut up larger scraps into smaller pieces to play with. I'm curious.... do you save crumbs 2" or smaller? Do you keep them separate from your other scraps? Curious minds want to know.