I once took a class from local quilter extraordinaire Cindy Needham. I believe she was the one who told the class to include a little bit of the color they liked the least. Well that was quite the challenge for me. I had no ORANGE fabric in my stash because I basically didn’t like the color, opposite of my favorite purple. But a strange thing happened when I started looking for an orange fabric to include in my quilt, I fell in love with it. I am drawn to it, I find it exciting, I want to buy fat quarters of it every time I walk into a quilt shop. Thank you Cindy!
Today I’m working on the orange corner of my Roman Square quilt which is my OMG for February. No, it isn’t scrappy, at least not this corner of it, but I am using the few scraps of orange I have left, just not in the expected way. I have a bunch of very small scraps that I use as indicators instead of using sticky notes.
For my current project, I’m using numbered scraps to keep my blocks in order while I’m chain piecing. I’ve used tiny scraps in this way for years. They help me with things like labeling fabrics for different pieces and keeping my pressing direction consistent. The scraps in the baggie are from one of my very favorite quilts. It’s a kaleidoscope wall hanging that I made using a template from “Paper Piecing with Alex Anderson.”
I did simple stitch in the ditch quilting for the interior of the quilt but for the border I quilted following the fabric design, one of my favorite techniques. I actually have a fair number of good sized scraps from the border print, but it doesn’t read orange, though there is orange in it. The quilt pictured below is a scrap quilt and used up the last of some of my favorite fabrics, I even mixed in a bit of flannel.
This is the only “art” quilt I’ve ever made. Plenty of orange in this quilt too. This is my own design except for the sunflower. That was a pillow pattern from Debbie Mumm’s “Quick Country Quilts.” I had made the pillow cover but it never actually worked as I wanted so it sat unstuffed for a few years until I had a sudden idea to use it as the centerpiece and build a quilt around it. It’s an odd little piece, but I love it. The cat reminds me of our orange tabby Marmalade, who is no longer with us. I can’t draw a cat face so we get to look at his back as he looks down the road.
I’m linking up with Rainbow Scrap Challenge at
I’m linking up with One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts at
1 comment:
Brilliant use of your small ORANGE scraps (and thanks for sharing your other orange projects, too!!)
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