Sunday

Aura

Finished quilting this UFO!

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RSC20

My rainbow-y achievement this week has been finishing up my AURA top. I worked ahead through the rest of 

the spectrum.

Two observations:

1.  Fabric colors look much different when they are sewn together into a quilt than they do folded and piled on the table -- colorplay was the main reason for doing this project, and I had some unexpected results.  I'm rating it a "meh."  But I am looking forward to my next bright rainbow-y project.

2.  I officially hate paper-piecing.

This was a useful learning project, but I don't like my result as much as I'd hoped I would.

See more blue activity at

SCRAHAPPY SATURDAY

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RSC20: February - orange

I worked my way through lots of orange this week!

First, I completed the next row of AURA.  The paper-piecing went better for me this month -- only about 25% of the pieces were wrong this time, an improvement from last month's experience!

I used some of my larger orange leftovers for

 half log cabin blocks. 

And for a few new Letterbox blocks, adding to an already-in-existence block set.

The cutoffs from AURA  became HSTs

This is probably it for orange from me -- we do have one more RSC orange week, but I don't have anything else in mind to work on.

See more orange activity at

SCRAPHAPPY SATURDAY.

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RSC20: January - green Aura

Here is my final RSC project for each month of 2020.  This one is not a scrap/leftover project but rather a planned rainbow quilt which will use stash fabric in the challenge color of the month.  I'm working with a pattern by Alison Glass called AURA.

I'm aiming for an arrangement of light to dark and warm to cool, and limiting myself to fabric I have on hand -- no new purchases.  

And the big challenge is that this is a paper-pieced design.  In the long-ago past, I tried paper-piecing a couple of times, but I wasn't keen on it.  I never went back to it until now.  It is still very confusing and difficult for me -- I'm hoping if I do these same sections enough times over and over, the lightbulb in my brain will finally flash on.  But meanwhile I am reinventing the wheel every time.  I'm counting it as a skill-builder for 2020, a personal growth opportunity :)

  

So here is my first row of AURA, in this month's RSC challenge color, green.  Can't wait to find out what our February color will be!

Enjoy more green at

SCRAPHAPPY SATURDAY.

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