Orange is the color for March in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. This week I made 8 Crossroads blocks in various shades of orange ranging from light peach to rust.
UPDATE: You can find Connie's great tutorial for these blocks
HERE.
I have to say that orange used to be my least favorite color but over the last 6 months it has really grown on me. It started when I saw all of the cute Halloween projects around BlogLand but I think I've come to like orange on it's own merit.
Just look at all of these pretty shades of orange! The tangerine fabrics jump right out don't they? And, at the risk of sounding like a broken record month after month - I love this block. It's fun to sew, it's easy and it creates a great secondary pattern.
I have been really drawn to monochromatic color schemes lately too in quilts. Where I used to think "boring" now I think "WOW!".
J-Meow and Jax have a few more days with us until I bring them home. Yesterday I cracked up when I walked out of my quilting room to this sight.
Jax will often sit by the water bowl to give me a not so subtle hint that he is displeased with it's condition, but this was too much! He likes to have the bowl loaded with ice cubes so he can play with them.
They really are good buddies. I had a hard time getting this picture because there was a lick-a-thon going on intermittently but I love how their paws are "hugging" each other.
I hope that you all get a chance to celebrate National Quilting Day in the best way possible! I'm linking up to
ScrapHappy Saturday@soscrappy,
Feline Friday@sarah did it! and
It's a Saturday Sharing Day@Pig Tales and Quilts.
Your blocks really have the wow factor. I do like the orange very much. The meow's are cute too!!
ReplyDeleteYou truly have a serious assortment of oranges - lovely! The tiger kitties are just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun collection of orange fabrics! I'm loving how their all so different, yet they all go together so well.
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Blessings & Hugs ...
Lani
www.SimplyFreshVintage.com
Hi!!! Love the oranges!!! The tangerines do pop out!!! Love the kitties!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!
ReplyDeleteI like your crossroads in orange, and the kitties are adorable!
ReplyDeleteYour crossroads blocks are wonderful. You have me loving orange!
ReplyDeleteYou know... orange used to never be a color I even twice glanced at.. Now I am loving it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking up to It's A Saturday Sharing Day on my blog!
The cats and the blocks are equally pretty. I love that Crossroads block. My cat also loves ice cubes in his water dish. He will sit by the dish and look sad until we give him a few cubes.
ReplyDeleteLove the blocks and the cats are too cute. I'm sorry I don't have enough orange to make these....
ReplyDeleteWill you tell me the dimensions on these squares and rectangles or tell me where you got the pattern. I googled Crossroads block and come up with several but I didn't see any that look like this. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI love your oranges. With all the colors that you have been doing, I am thinking I am going to have to do the same thing. I love the cross road pattern, but like Linda could not find it under google.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely block to use in a scrappy quilt. I like the secondary pattern.
ReplyDeleteooo - So pretty! (and what adorable kitties!)
ReplyDeleteLove how your blocks have turned out! I found myself smitten by orange in last year's RSC - it's a happy color!
ReplyDeleteWow, your orange crossroads blocks are brilliant! Seeing these two lovely cats reminds me how much I love cats.
ReplyDeleteI love those blocks - I am definitely an orange fan. I need to make a brown/neutral quilt as a gift and I think it would look great using that block.
ReplyDeleteThe blocks are beautiful, but who can look at them when your sweet kitties are soooo adorable!
ReplyDeleteYour cross roads blocks look amazing! You have loads of very pretty orange fabrics. I too haven't been a fan of orange but I'm slowly being converted.
ReplyDeleteLove your cross roads blocks. I'm like you. Didn't care for orange until last year. Actually took this rainbow challenge to make me come around.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the pictures of your furry buddies.
Great picture of the cats! I just love this block.... and your orange and white version is so pretty. I too disliked orange until recently...not I really like it.
ReplyDeleteI love that block and I think it's perfect in monotones!
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