A new month brings a new color

April has found its way which means a new color for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge! March did not go out like a lamb around here so I'm very happy April arrived! We are finally seeing a few warmer days (still below average) but sights of Spring have been spied ~ robins, buds on trees, some early Spring flowers pushing up through the soil and aqua blue!

Here is my 1st block of aqua blues. This is my Reverse Star block. 

Here are the 1st 4 blocks together! 

Each block will finish at 17"

I also got to cut into by blue stash fabrics that I pulled for the Optical Illusion quilt I planned to make. These are paper pieced churn dash blocks. The size change to create the illusion. 

I was debating on how to finish this quilt...borders? What kind? Then my daughter suggested making a giant churn dash block as the border. What a great idea! I had plenty of fabric left in my stash so I got to work. 

I love how it frames the optical illusion blocks. I used a 1/4" Kona Snow inner border as a break between the middle and the border. I sewed the big churn dash as the border with the corner HSTs being 8".  This pattern is from Heleen Pinkster Quilt Design. 

I'm linking to Scrap Happy Saturday at SoScrappy, Can I get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Finished or Not at Busy Hands Quilts, Friday Foto Fun at Powered by Quilting, and Free Motion Mavericks at Lizzie Lenard Vintage Sewing.