Monday, March 18, 2013

Tangerine Dream

Well, that was a couple of weeks!
At least half of those days spent thanking God for NyQuil!
There should be a short window of time one is able to get a cold. 
Like from never to....never!

This is where I was before I got sick:


spending time looking at this and thinking, "There is way too much white here!"
So, pilfered through the stash and tried this on for a while.

Blech!
Maybe this is what made me sick in the first place?  Can you get sick from the "This is a dang ugly quilt top!" virus?
Totally did not like where this was going.
Off to the sewing table with the seam ripper (you can see I've made a start at the bottom, left of the picture).

I went to Quilt.com's Block of the Month looking for inspiration on other pieced borders and found


this happy little block called Fair and Square.

So, I tried one on for size!


Hey!  I like this!  It's a lot more true to my original vision of staying with four colors: yellow, green, orange and white without all the glaringly white...white.

I made a few more using scraps.  Some of them had been hoarded forever, but if I don't use them, they just sit in a bucket....doing nobody any good!


And here I am.  Literally.  See my warm, fuzzy socked toes?
Much better!
Sticking to my four colors.  I love them!

All this blah, winter gray weather is making me sad.
Which is why I'm so happy to be able to link up to
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for my sunshine, inspiration, encouragement fix!
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13 comments:

  1. Those colors play so well together! Welcome Spring!

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  2. What a cute little block! These colors look great. And I love your fuzzy socks :)

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  3. So glad that you're on the mend ! There have been WAY TOO MANY grey days this winter ! I'm loving seeing all the little things budding out now.......God is just so amazing!

    Hope you get to piece that up just the way you like it !

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  4. You had me worried there for a minute!!! Liking the final draft much better!!

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  5. Such creamy and fresh colors. I love the block!

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  6. You made me laugh. Sorry you've been sick. I like how your quilt top is progressing....that red was a little bit much...though it didn't make me too sick. =) Have a great week.

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  7. Oh, i do love the bottom one. So pretty!

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  8. oooo- I love where you've ended up with it. :D

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  9. Not sure a quilt can make you sick.....although a couple of mine have brought on nausea ; )
    Love your hexies.

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  10. Yea! Glad you found the right solution for your quilt. Looks adorable.

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  11. What a happy, not blah quilt! I really love the direction you went with the scrappy blocks around the center. This coloring has such a warm vintage feel. Great almost-Finish!

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  12. That you were able to come up with a second border idea when not feeling well impresses the heck out of me. And those little blocks turned out so well. How on earth did you do that while sick?!? :)

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