Wednesday, June 1, 2016

OMG - From May to June

May Progress, First

Heidi at Red Letter Quilts issued a challenge at the beginning of the year to limit oneself to just
One Monthly Goal (OMG) and then report at the end of the month.
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Because I was falling behind -- granted, it's a self-imposed deadline -- I decreed that May would be a catch-up month. My goals were:
  1. Finish Smith Mountain Morning (top) - still needs borders, I messed up and need to re-do
  2. Finish Summer Heat (top) - DONE
  3. Continue sewing room reorganization - making headway, still a work-in-progress
  4. Complete modern mini swap quilt, including the quilting - DONE!
In addition I began AND finished Chex Mix (top), made from leftover 9-patches.
On to June
I feel caught up enough that I can comfortably set a new goal for June. The social calendar is relatively empty and it will be too hot and humid to do much outside. I generally look for a UFO that includes the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month which for June is Caribbean blues with a pop of lime green.


I think this fits the criteria, minus the lime green, don't you?

More than 8 years ago I accepted a guild challenge that focused on color theory.  I was assigned something like split complimentary ...


Orange triangle denotes Split Complimentary

... except, as I remember, it was complicated by the addition of analogous colors on both sides.  The focus fabric pictured above has both red-violet and blue-violet and two takes on blue-green/green-blue. Orange is the accent opposite those colors.

I was also assigned a block -- I don't remember the name, I just remember that I modified the color placement to arrive at this variation.


The block finishes at 16" on an 8x8 grid. I had always wanted to do an intertwined setting and was pleased enough with the result that I considered making an entire quilt with the block. 

Problems arose when I sewed for a whole day on a different machine without checking the seam allowance! Perturbed (putting it mildly) I set the project aside. 


In the intervening years I apparently found time to resurrect the project because I now have 8 full blocks finished and 14 of the centers done.

Center square
There are other finished units in the project box as well as many pieces cut.

Project box contents
Tonight I will kit up blocks and decide what needs to be done to make a finished quilt top.

Needs a name ...
SO my One Monthly Goal (OMG) for June is to finish this flimsy (still to be named -- any suggestions?). I have a few minor things on my list but I think all will be doable.

Hop over to Red Letter Quilts to see what goals other quilters have set.

Edited Saturday:

I have enough pieces/parts to make a total of 12 blocks. I will use parts from those extra center blocks to extend the secondary pattern in a few places. I'm out of the background fabric so will need to get creative. Stay tuned!

Linking with Angela at soscrappy.

25 comments:

  1. That's going to be a gorgeous quilt. I love the secondary pattern you get with the frames. Good luck with this month's OMG.

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  2. What a cool block! The colors are beautiful together. I agree with Kate... it's going to be one gorgeous quilt.

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  3. It IS gorgeous, no doubt about that! I'm glad you're finishing it. As for a name, it might should have the word frame in it, because people are using that term to refer to it. =) There are stars in the block and that reminded me of Saturn, which made me think of Rings of Saturn, because it's a blue-green planet, I think. LOL So, no, no real suggestions.

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  5. This is striking! Good luck getting it done this month. :-)

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  6. Very pretty! I love that tropical print, and the design reminds me of a trellis, so maybe you could name it Tropical Trellis.

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  7. What a beautiful quilt top (nearly)! I love it! As for a title - as soon as I saw it I thought, "All squared up!" How about that?

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  8. I rather liked your "Intertwined" thought as a name -- and I have always coveted that Paula Nadlestern purple swirls on black fabric. I'm down to the very small scraps now. LOVELY quilt top in progress!

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  9. That is so pretty - I also really like the frames around the stars and the secondary pattern they create! I am not good at naming quilts, but enjoying reading other people's suggestions!

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  10. This quilt is stunning. I love your favric choices.

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  11. Hmm. . .maybe Caribbean Stars? Whatever you call it, it's going to be really pretty!

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  12. Stunning quilt. Names are so hard but I thought it should have the word linked in it then I saw Tropical Trellis....I like that!

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  13. Colors + design = 1 FANTASTIC quilt in progress!!!

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  14. It's an intricate beautiful pattern and the use of darks and lights makes the secondary pattern stand out. Nice us of contrast, but still soft and pretty.

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  15. What a stunning pattern. Love your colors. So happy you are going to finish this one in June. Very pretty.

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  16. What a wonderful surprise and so close to being a finished flimsy.

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  17. It's going to be GORGEOUS! Good luck accomplishing your OMG!

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  18. Wow, this quilt is going to be beautiful! I love the colors and the pattern. Looking forward to seeing you finish this top in June.

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  19. I have that fabric! As I recall, I got it at Hobby Lobby -- quite a lot. I've chipped away at it over the years. It's such a cheerful print.

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  20. I love this block. Glad to see you are finishing it up.

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  21. I love this block. Glad to see you are finishing it up.

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  22. I would just call it beautiful!!!

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  23. What a beautiful block! The intertwined squares are striking. Best of luck getting it finished off. Looks doable for sure.

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  24. This will be well worth finishing! Good luck finding something appropriate to complete the areas where you've run out of fabric. I'm terrible at naming things - hopefully you'll get good suggestions elsewhere!

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