RSC February: Teal (or aqua or turquoise)

 

This month Rainbow Scrap Challenge called for all scrappers to get out 

their teal/aqua/turquoise fabrics. 

Even though I really like this color, I don't have too many scraps. 

What I did have, I "made" my own fabric to cut out hearts. 

Making my own fabric from scraps is quite therapeutic, but not always pretty.

Improv is the perfect vacay for my brain.

This piece was just enough to cut out 4 hearts. 

They are now ready for their transformation!

Kinda like going to the beauty shop.

Out come the beads, the lace, the buttons, the ribbon 

and all the bits and bobs needed to change Plain Jane to a Ravishing Beauty!

Each heart will be attached to a special tag

and placed out in the world

to be found by someone special.

May they be filled with love and blessings.

Read more about this awesome project here: 

I Found A Quilted Heart

Also, earlier this month, I made a small table topper using the RSC color. 

I combined the color with the Project Quilting Challenge "Mining For Diamonds".

Linking up with:

Table Scraps Challenge

So Scrappy RSC

My Improv Stripes Mini Quilt

Oh, how I love improv! It takes me out of my box, out of the constraints of being "perfect", and straight into a place where my creativity can dip its toes into new waters. 

At the end of July, Debbie at A Quilter's Table hosted a QAL using another of her great ideas.

You may remember my Cross Cut Quilt from last summer.

I had followed Debbie's QAL then and that quilt is one of my all-time favorites that I've made.

My Cross Cut Quilt 2016

Debbie's latest improv project was the Improv Stripes technique. 

The idea was to use fabrics with contrast, cut them into strips, sew them together and make stripes!

Blocks of various sizes would be made, then later trimmed to be sewn together. 

I decided to pull out my stash of Halloween fabrics.

Not having a particular size or shape in mind, I just dug in!

Above are some of my untrimmed blocks of stripes.

It started growing!

Fitting the blocks together was the hardest part...but still fun!

Strips and stripes were added, blocks were cut in 2 or 3 pieces and then reattached just to fit. 

I quilted using a spiral design.

I liked the idea of the curves against all of the sharp edges and corners of the stripes and blocks. 

I backed this piece with gold polka dots on black fabric. 

Finished size is 28" x 30". A nice size for a table topper.

It will look so cool with my collection of Halloween props of witches, pumpkins and ghosts.

I think I have a new favorite!

Linking up with:

Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Busy Hands Quilts

The Upstairs Hobby Room