March is almost over and although I finished these blocks about a week ago, I haven't had time to post. March's color for the RSC is yellow. I made 5 yellow traditional blocks to join January and February's blocks. 
And 5 yellow improv blocks to join January and February's blocks.
I'm enjoying making these blocks and it is fun to see the difference between the traditional and improv of basically the same block.
I'm linking to Scrap Happy Saturday @Soscrappy
In my last blog post, I wrote about my Wish Upon a Star quilt that was started at the @craftymonkies retreat last summer. Another of the quilts that I started there was my Citrus quilt. At the retreat, Nicholas Ball taught a class called Fruits and Vegetables. If you don't know about Nicholas Ball, he is a improv extraordinaire! I went into the class with the idea that I would make a grapefruit with the possibility of adding additional citrus fruits later. I left the retreat with this completed block.
Once I got home and started on the orange, lemon, and lime blocks, I realized that the grapefruit should be the largest fruit but it wasn't. So I carefully unpicked the peel, the pith and then added a section and increase the size of the current sections. I then added back the pith and the peel. This is the final grapefruit block.
Here are the 4 citrus fruits together.
I straight line quilted this piece vertically about 1/4" apart but I used citrus colored threads to out line the word citrus.
Citrus finished at 31" x 31" and was completed in October 2024.
I'm linking to Finished or Not Friday over @Alyciaquilts
Oh that citrus quilt - that is amazing!! and the straight line quilting is perfect for it!
ReplyDeleteYour RSC blocks are great ones too - super great ideas!!
What a fun idea for a quilt. I particularly like the fact that you included only a single wedge of lime. It provides just the right of tension and interest to the quilt.
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