Happy 4th July!
To the rest of the world:
Enjoy the Day!
Here we're having a heatwave (yesterday was the hottest day EVER), and the Tour de France is about to start in Utrecht. The heat will not be a problem for the cyclists who are used to these kind of temperatures, but the spectators will be hard pressed to find a cool place to stand. I hope everyone goes well-prepared.
And now out of the sunshine and into the Rainbow!
This is an overview of my Sawtooth Star sampler blocks so far. They are in a random order here.
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| All stars in the night sky in a random layout |
I'm not happy with the two on the right of the top row. In January the colour was dark blue, and when you have a dark blue background dark blue stars pose something of a problem, don't you agree? As Angela's background is neutral I decided on neutral stars, but now I'm wondering if I should remake them in a medium blue, like Royal or Kingfisher. What do you think?
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| Green and yellow in the final layout. |
This is as far as I've got with the alternate blocks which take their colour from the adjacent star blocks (great design: not my idea, but Angela's). So far I only have one pair of adjacent colours: yellow and green and I'm really pleased with how this is turning out. Below yellow will be orange, so the second half of the block between the two yellow stars will be orange. (If that doesn't make sense look here on Pinterest; you'll need to scroll right to the bottom.) Above the green will be blue, but I'm going to have to do some rearranging of my blue stars first.
This month's colour is red, and I haven't made any red sampler blocks yet, but I have made 3 hexagon flowers:
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| two added to the pile |
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| and one already sewn into the top. |
I shall be linking up to
so hop over there and have a look at all the rainbow progress this year.
Happy sewing
Marly.
16 comments:
Your RSC2015 quilt looks so good. I really love the darker background. If it was my quilt, I would keep the neutral star but add the Royal blue one. I love quilts that have some blocks that almost disappear in the background. It makes my eyes look for it. Anyway, just saying. Enjoy the process. ;^)
Beautiful stars :)
Hope you are managing to stay cool!
Your stars look great with the dark background. And Angela's layout is brilliant!
Your RSC progress is looking great all lined up like that. I would leave off remaking blocks - wait until the end of the challenge. You may find that once its all together you will be pleased with the layout. There will be time at the end of the year to make another block if it still worries you.
Hello Marly! Your quilt blocks are looking fabulous and those little hexagon blocks are so pretty! :) x
The stars and the hexies look beautiful. I think you could leave the neutral stars, but stars in medium blue probably will look more vibrant with rest of your star blocks. Hope you are staying indoors and cool.
-Soma
Hey Marly. I like the layout in your final green yellow picture!!
the color squares joining the blocks is just wonderful. I love that! Now I've seen three ideas today I would like to try sometime. Oh there is just not enough time to do it all! Marley I wouldn't change a thing... there should be some high contrast and some low contrast to keep it interesting, right?
LEeAnna
Those stars really shine on that dark ground.
I agree with Dasha - there's plenty of time to decide if you need to replace the stars. Unless you really want to make those blue stars... 8)
I really love the blue background color you've chosen. Everything looks so pretty against it. I like the neutral stars just fine. Maybe if there is another dark color you could use neutrals for those stars, too, and that would distribute them around the quilt. It looks great as is, but whatever you decide is sure to look great!
I would not be too quick to remake the blocks. There is still plenty of time before the end if the year, and you might want to make other adjustments when you start to see them come together. The green next to the yellow is fabulous! I can really start to see the pattern emerging.
Love all that colour! I'd wait until you have the rest of the blocks made and they might work into them ok. If you still dislike them you could remake them then?
I agree with the others on waiting to make the royal blue block. I believe there is one more blue month so you can decide then =).
Your hexie flowers are lovely. Such great projects. Keep cool and hope your heatwave breaks soon.
your RSC sampler is looking great! I need to get working on mine... I'm a bit behind.
Beautiful prints, colors and blocks. I love stars.
Kingfisher and/or Royal or maybe one of each . . . good idea! I would certainly keep the others just in case . . .
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