Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Light and dark

scrappy teal, that is 

Kate, from Tall Tales from Chiconia is making another fundraising quilt for ovarian cancer. This time it's a tribute to a friend of hers who passed away recently, and Kate has designed a stunning quilt which is called In The Arms of the Angels.  You can see her sketched out plan here and the story behind the quilt.

Kate put out the call for help to make background and border blocks, and so I put my hand up for a couple of these.  The background needed to be in soft shades of teal, aqua, blues and creams and I used scraps to make this kind-of log cabin. I included some pieces that didn't make it when I was playing around with ideas for blocks for the Go Teal it on the Mountain quilt.



And a couple of antique tiles in reverse colourway. Kate wanted low contrast blocks, without a strong pattern that would 'jump out'. 


These two rectangles are 12x18, and are for the borders, with once again ' patterns that don't jump out as these are to be a mosaic to frame the inner window'.  I was running low on teal fabrics by now, and while I have plenty of small scraps, I didn't want to have tiny pieces in such large blocks, so had to be a bit creative in joining the larger scraps......some being 2.5 x4 or 4x4 and saving the few long pieces I had for the outer edges.

  

Check out Kate's post here to see the start of the quilt going together, and the magnificent set of 3D wings Kate has made. It's really worth having a look to get a clear idea of Kate's vision and how my scrappy blocks will work together with others being sent from around the world.

Joining in with Kate and Gun's monthly Scrap-Happy Day, which is open to anyone using scraps of anything.....fabric, paper, wood, anything that turns your scraps into something useful. Details are on Kate's blog.

See you next time.

10 comments:

  1. Ooh, gorgeous - and perfect for the border. You do have such lovely fabrics, so I'm always grateful for your blocks – especially this time, when you've made so many!

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    1. Oh good, thanks. Always that moment when I step back and wonder...will this be ok? They're on their way to you and a bit less for you to do.

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  2. I love the colors Nanette. I'm sure it's a lot of work sewing these little pieces together. You are very patient. :)

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  3. I love sewing with these lovely rich teals. It goes quite quickly because there's no points to keep intact or seams to meet up.

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  4. Nanette, I came as a visitor from Moira and stayed to read of your antics. I had a wonderful time. Your stitching your your friend's February birthday is wonderful. I can tell you enjoy your hobbies and life in general. Susan

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    1. Hi Susan, lovely to have you visit and glad you've had fun here. I've made some progress with the redwork quilt, and am enjoying figuring out how to join the blocks.

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  5. Hi Nanatte what a lovely thing you are doing,I am also your newest follower and I hope you will visit and follow me too.
    I love the colours that you have used,hope you have a lovely evening xx

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    1. Hi Sheryl, thanks for visiting. Teals are lovely rich colours to work with, and the quilt Kate's making is coming along beautifully. I had a quick look at your blog, you do some lovely stitching, so I'll be going back for a good read.

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  6. The colours are beautiful, Nanette. I popped over at and looked at the plan for the quilt, what a lovely tribute for a friend. MegXx

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