Plethora - the Flimsy

When I pulled out pinks to make 

my RSC blocks for July

I realized I needed only four more

to have enough for my quilt top.

One thing led to another 

and suddenly I had a 52" x 64" flimsy.

Here is one of July's pink blocks . . . 

And here is the other

along with one of the two gold blocks

I chose to fill out my twenty.

Here is the other gold block.

I chose purple for the final color -

you can see those blocks in the upper right

and lower left corners of the top.

(blocks created using Wombat Quilt's tutorial)

I'll make a scrappy back using these two low volume prints.

Plethora has always been intended as a hospice quilt -

the soothing backgrounds and neutral backing/

binding should suit that function well.

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So that is pretty much it for me for RSC 19.

I'll share Plethora again after it is quilted/finished.

To see what the rest of the RSC gang is working on

click over to Angela's blog.

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And a huge THANK YOU for your

enthusiastic responses to Sea of HSTs.

So many wonderful comments!

Quiltdivajulie

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"Our life is frittered away by detail . . .  
Simplify, simplify."
Henry David Thoreau

Plethora - RSC June Blues

Here are my two double plus blocks for June

featuring the  RSC color BLUE.

Here's a detail photo of one block.

And here's a detail block of the second one.

And speaking of BLUE . . . 

DH and I finally made it to Crosstown Concourse

to see the BLUE quilt exhibit.

These are just a few photos of the 24" x 24" quilts

unified by the exhibit's theme of blue.

So many different interpretations . . .

And so many stitches and hours of work.

(you can see my April Showers barn quilt in this photo)

The maker's names and quilt names are located

under the lower right corner of each quilt

on small clear labels -- not the easiest to read

but designed not to detract from the overall exhibit.

Some of the quilts were dimensional 

(like the one in the second row here)

while others were made with wood, paper, and paint but

most were created with fabric and thread.

The exhibit runs through July 

for those in the greater Memphis area.

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Linking this post with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Quiltdivajulie

All Caught Up - RSC19

Two double plus blocks for January.

Two double plus blocks for February.

Two double plus blocks for March.

Two double plus blocks for April.

And two double plus blocks for May.

(made using a tutorial by Wombat Quilts - click here)

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Linking with The Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

I wonder what color we'll play with in June?

Quiltdivajulie

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"Welcome each day with the joy and wonder of a child."
from (photographer) Katrinamayer.com

New Plan for the Rest of RSC 19

With Mosaic finished, I needed to come up

with a new project to finish out RSC19.

I've settled on the double plus block

shared by Wombat Quilts.

I'll use this month to get caught up using 

these reds (January), yellows (February),

greens (March), and aquas (April).

And I'll use these text fabrics

 as the scrappy background fabrics.

These are the first two blocks . . .

. . .  and these will be the second two.

(after I replace that darkest gray)

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Linking up with The Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Quiltdivajulie