Happy National Quilting Day!

What a pretty day we had today!  After a nice slow morning of two cups of coffee while watching some morning TV with the hubby, I did get to spend some time finishing up a pretty periwinkle linen blouse with Yogi in the sewing room! 

The weather outside was so nice that I opened the window in my sewing room

and Yogi enjoyed sleeping next to it!! 

All that fresh air and sunshine coming in the window… 

he does get such wonderful sleep in the sewing room!!

I finished three new linen blouses this week and also completed my new “Four Squared”

quilt made with a jelly roll of Amy Butler’s luscious Soul Blossoms fabric.

I found a unique chartreuse green solid to go with it to create my new design.

I am pleased how it turned out and Yogi likes it, too!  (And he sure needs a haircut, huh?)

 

This afternoon, I started on a new project for the Moda Bake Shop… stay tuned! :-)

What did you do today to celebrate National Quilting Day??

 

Chartreuse It Is!

Thank you for all the many wonderful color suggestions in your comments on my last post.  There were so many good ideas!!              Some colors I would never have thought of…

I took my 16 patch blocks to the local quilt shop and laid them on all the solids they had.  One color really screamed my name… and it was a color I’ve never used before and actually had to look up how to spell it!!

CHARTREUSE!

 

Sorta lime-ish,

sorta gold-ish

totally C O O L - I S H !!

Soooo, WADDAUDINK???

A Finish and a Question…

Ok, first, I DID finish the quilt I was quickly quilting last week for bee on Saturday.

I sewed the binding down at bee and even got the label on it, too….  do love sewing down those bindings…

which is really weird and surprising to me ‘cause if it can be done by machine, that is sooo me!!

OK, soooo, I’ve got a question for you all!!

Here are some yummy 16 patch blocks from Amy Butler’s gorgeous Soul Blossoms collection… D E L I C I O U S N E S S!

I’m using them in a new jelly roll quilt design I’m working on.

I bought this awesome large polka dot to use for the background…and I don’t like it now that the blocks are made… it’s too busy…sigh…  :-(

Sooooo, my question is what color solid fabric would YOU use if you were picking one?? 

I don’t think I want white or beige…  but there are soooo many choices….

What would you pick???  HELP!!!!