Lonely Crayon Block & Other Free-Flowing Thoughts...

A Few Shades of Gray

When we decided to think about our least used crayon, it was a no brainer for me.  While I'll say I fear no color (or cloth), I have never used gray in one of my quilts. Gray is really popular these days with the mqg (Modern Quilt Gang) and that has lead to there being a lot more shades of gray (not close to 50, though!).  Needless to say, I've fallen in love with my blocks and the color gray. I kept making them, winding up with a small quilt (12 blocks).  This is a Kaleidoscope block, and I made use of a ruler which I have owned for some time, but never used, Marti Michell's Kaleidoscope Ruler. 

Unfortunately, I will be absent from tomorrow's meeting, but have been in touch with Rayna, and passing along ideas. I'm sorry I'm going to miss the layout of the Lonely Crayons quilt and choosing a sashing color.  If you'd like to get together and piece the quilt, be sure to let Rayna know. We just need to get it assembled and quilted in time to send it to Austin.  (October, I think!)

Please bring a tool or book you'd like to share and sign up to present at a future meeting.  I've signed up for next month. We'll cover one a month, and it will be similar to Rayna's demo of  how to do facings. I'll bring the ruler, and take a few minutes to show you how to use it during our Tips, Tools, Books segment.  There are things I like about it, and things I don't.

I am just back from a really wonderful quilting retreat weekend, and would love to plan one for the NJ MQG chapters (there are three!)  It was the most productive quilting time I've had in a while. I'm almost giddy because tomorrow is one week away from registration for QuiltCon.  If you're interested, please put your name on the list. 

I'll see you all soon, and hope you will post as often as possible!

The Lonely Crayon

Hi all, my name is Amy. 

I blog over at The Little Beansprout. 

I was so excited after our first meeting that I 

went home and thought about our very first block. 

The Lonely Crayon

I couldn't wait to get started. 

this is most likely the fastest I have 

ever completed a homework 

assignment. (I had it done the next day)

I loved that we were to choose the least used color in our crayon box.

I choose golden yellow 

Although I use yellow I always tend to use a pale variation of the color. 

but this yellow sang to me. 

It reminded me of the  golden rod that we would find in fields as kids. 

We would bring it home to mom and she would put it in a simple vase. 

This block was my first wonky star. 

and now I am hooked. 

I paired it with a 30's repro

they are about my favorite fabrics ever. 

I am absolutely in love with this block. 

i adore how it all came together. 

I have never designed a block before and I loved the entire process. 

I was so inspired I stitched this one up as well. 

 Happy Quilting. 

Amy