After a very busy end of the school year, I finished the T-shirt quilt that I was commissioned! The top was finished in the beginning of May but then it was on hold for a couple of reasons: I needed to complete the charity quilt for the Hands2Help project that I committed to making, I was waiting on the fabric order for the back and binding, and school was hopping at the end of the year so I was working almost every day!
They chose a grid style quilt. Gabby likes aqua blues so I used those colors for the sashings and border.
The backing is an aqua batik.
Finished and delivered in time for her graduation party!
Then I realized, it was June which meant a new color of the month. I headed over to So Scrappy to find that dark blue will be the color play for June!
Here is Waterfront Starburst in dark blue with a low volume in blue.
Here are the 6 blocks so far for the 2019 challenge!
And my Reverse Star block.
And all 6 together!
Little by little I'll catch up on my monthly blocks!
In the meantime, I was determined to do a little bit of hand dyeing of fabrics. I started with some avocado pits. Would you guess they turn your fabrics pink?
Avocado pits and skins.
The avocado bath.
The apron I dyed with the avocado bath.
The pink yardage is a bit lighter.
I have tried citrus peels but didn't get much color. It turned a very pale yellow.
I have learned that natural dyeing is a lot of trial and error.
I'll try a bit more but we will see if it is worth the time.
