Saturday, July 13, 2019

Pink, I Think

As this month began, I was sure the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color was light/medium blue. You see, I had misread Angela's post last month when she said that blue is such a big color that it would take up two months. In my mind I read two consecutive months. So imagine my surprise to find that, no, this month's color is pink. I had planned to make both pink crumbs and pink butterfly parts, so I got right to work. It was a little challenging. I have a lot of old pinks. If you are roughly my age, you know that means dusty pink/mauve. I am so over those pinks. I like clear pinks now. But--and I just figured this out--I don't have many clear pinks because in my most recent quilts, I have cut my yardage so close, I have almost no modern scraps. I will admit that I had thought of buying some "scraps." But I didn't. And now that the blocks are done, they're not so bad. And I'm also thinking that to replenish my scraps with more modern bits, I should purposely buy a smidge more fabric than I need when I buy something new.

Here are my crumbs for the month:
I kept the contrast fairly low again, leaving out pale pinks and really dark ones. Here is one of the blocks with representatives from the other crumb colors.

And, of course, the butterflies. I had more flexibility with these, so lighter colors and clear prints showed up. Those pink and white prints are some of my favorites. As I was laying these out, I realized I could have sewed the upper and lower wings together. I'll catch them up next time the machine is out. I keep hoping for brown to make its appearance as the RSC color so I can stitch up those bodies. (Hint, hint, Angela)
And here they are with reps from the other colors. 

Those little blue wings are a bit lonely, but eventually they'll get their lighter blue partners.

So my July RSC is done! I didn't wait until the last day. Yippee! There is a reason. I wanted to get on to my next project. This one is for our bed. I've meant to make a runner since we painted our room a few years ago. We have green walls about the color of the greens below and a plain ivory bedspread. It needs a little color as well as a bit of extra weight when the weather's cooler (definitely not right now). I went out fabric shopping the other day, and whipped around the store grabbing whatever caught my fancy in the coral, yellow, green and teal ranges. (Unfortunately, my epiphany about buying a little extra did not occur to me until later, so there is low scrap potential from this one.)

I tried to vary the scale, but as usual, I ended up with a lot of smaller, tone-on-tone prints, but I think there's enough variation for what I'm making--Gently Down the Stream by Christina Cameli. I've made two of these before (you can see them here). Two of my fabrics are souvenirs from a trip I took up north a few years ago, and the two darker teals are from one of my grandson's baby quilts. I also bought a piece of Kona Bone for the accent strips. That's a new Kona for me. I needed something just slightly yellower than my usual Snow.

I can't wait to get started. But really I can. I have little kiddies visiting this weekend, so the sewing rooms are now the guest/play rooms. 

Okay, I'll be linking up with Angela at So Scrappy for Scrap Happy Saturday and with Cynthia at Quilting is more fun than Housework for Oh Scrap

I hope you are having fun with projects old and new this month! Catch you later...

17 comments:

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

I think a lot of us misread that I too thought we would be doing light blue also this month - that's ok - plenty of pink to work with

Mari said...

I love those colors for your new quilt! That's going to be lovely. I also favor the tone on tone prints, but they really make the quilt patterns shine. Love the pink butterflies, too!

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

My stash has some of those old dusty pinks in it, too - it's really hard to get myself to use them! Maybe if they're small enough pieces... Love your butterflies - they so perfect for string blocks!

Cathy said...

Love the butterflies!

Jenny said...

Your butterflies are gorgeous!!

KaHolly said...

Like you, I’m working from a very old stash, but I love the look of mixing those fabrics with my more modern fabrics in scrappy projects. I think all of your pink blocks are gorgeous! I like your fabric pull and look forward to seeing what you’ve planned to make.

Lin said...

Your pink blocks look great and I love your butterflies! xx

Vicki in MN said...

Oh yes I am familiar with those dusty pinks, I tried to get rid of a bunch in donation quilts a couple years ago. There are still more there;) You came up with just the right amount to work on your projects and that is wonderful!

Sylvia@Treadlestitches said...

I've been thinking about using up some of those dusty old pinks too. And the dusty blues! Using them in crumb blocks is a great idea--thanks!

Bernie Kringel said...

Yep, those dusty pinks abound. I am sure many of us have them.
Like you, I have very little in the way of pink scraps - I must to use pink all that often.
I tried to see the Gently Down the Stream pattern you were talking about but I don't think you put a link there?
Have a blast with your grands. :-)

Jayne said...

Mauve. That was such a huge color back in the day!! Regardless, your pink crumb blocks turned out beautiful! Once all the crumbs are together it's going to be perfect!

PaulaB quilts said...

Your pink crumb blocks are charming. To me the amount of colors both light and dark are a good combination. You seem to be the first quilter I’ve met who doesn’t have a ton of scraps. So go hogwild the next time you shop and build up your stash!

Cynthia Brunz Designs said...

I love your pink blocks. They look amazing with all of the other colors. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!

grammajudyb said...

So many shades of pink! I’m find that too!
I could not link to your Gently Down the Stream pattern, I would love to check it out!!

Louise said...

I made the exact same assumption about July's RSC color! Oh well, light blue will wander along one of these months. I don't think your pinks look old fashioned at all, because the scrappiness just shows as color to me. But I understand what you mean about the fabrics themselves getting long in the tooth. Your new fabric pull is definitely a lot more modern, and lovely! :)

KaHolly said...

Had to come take a second peek at those butterflies. They were stuck in my brain!

Love Of Quilts said...

I have just started on a crumb quilt. Trying to us up the scraps. Your will be very pretty done in pinks.