New Month

New Color

I like when the first of the month comes close to a weekend so that I can bust through my projects with the new Rainbow Scrap Challenge color -- which this month is GREEN!  (I had so hoped it would be blue so that I could keep working on Dusk to Dawn.)  Whatever ...

First up was another 10-inch block to go with last year's Squared Away sampler.

I decided to go with a yellow green for this one so that I could use that background piece.  I think it will help calm some of the brighter colors in the other blocks, as well.  If I counted correctly, I just need one more block to make 12, then I can think about setting options. 

I made quick work of the chandelier beads blocks (though I had to take two apart and trim the center squares).

(Why am I always getting one sideways?)  My greens are a little brighter than they show in this picture.

Yesterday I concentrated on my three Double Shot Blocks.

Oops, that was a quick fix this morning.  Cathty/Sane, Crazy, Crumby Quilting noted that this block is the same as her Double X block.  She's right!  It has been called a number of things over the years, including Fox and Geese, and Geese and Goslings.  I am calling it Double Shot because it reminds me of my Dad's jigger which measured a single shot of whiskey on the smaller end, and a double shot on the bigger end.

Daddy Bill's jigger

We finally had some sunshine late this afternoon after a dusting of snow this morning.  Still very cold, though.  Spring is just around the corner (fingers crossed).