RSC Sea Green, Etc. - Part 1

The RSC color for this month is Sea Green.

I don't have any sea green scraps

so I pulled out my teals,

aquas, and turquoises.

Some of them turned into 

this 18" x 24" (ish) slab.

Another group turned into this slab.

I found these leftover quarter circles from

the bulls eye blocks used in last year's 

Old MacDonald Mystery Sampler

(I named my version Rise and Roost)

and used them to create a third slab.

Front - placemat 1

I used two of the slabs to create the first 

reversible placemat for what will be a set of six.

Max and I quilted this using  

Barb's Double Baptist Fan stencil.

(link in my sidebar)

Back - placemat 1

I marked it using a water soluble marker.

I ended up soaking the whole thing in water

to remove the markings.

Front - placemat 2

Last month's purple slab was paired

with the second teal slab.

I used the same stencil

but marked this one using Pounce.

Back - placemat 2

I first used steam from my iron

to remove the Pounced-on markings.

To remove the last traces of powder

I ended up soaking this one in water, too.

( I've tried the Pounce pad several times now

with the same kind of frustrating results . . . )

After both placemats air dried overnight, 

I took this low-light photo

to show the wonderful texture.

The quilted slabs were then trimmed to 14" x 20"  

(my current thinking for binding is a black-white stripe

but I'll wait until all six placemats are done

before I make a final decision)

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Linking this post with

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

CLICK HERE to see what the others are doing.

(As for me, I'll be in the recliner

recovering from Mr. M's virus)

Quiltdivajulie

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It's the nicest thing on earth if someone comes up to me and says, 'Every day I drink out of a mug you designed.' (Jonathan Adler)