Pin It Weekly #104

Happy Wednesday! Hope you're staying warm.  We're dropping about 50 degrees in the next 12 or so hours.  Here's an idea: grab a quilt, a book and a pretty pillow; then flop on the couch for the duration!  Don't move except to get something hot--soup, cocoa, tea, or gumbo.

Any of these will surely fill the requirement of pretty pillow, don't ya think?  

For more pillows like these, visit my "pillow, party" board.  

Modern Monday--X Quilt

So another modern quilt involving a bee begins.  I asked that my hive create X blocks of low volume neutrals and bright/bold X pieces.  


I have no idea why I wanted these blocks.  I think I started out considering a cross block.  Where the cross became an X, I have no clue, but it's all good.  Especially since I had the month of February, and several blocks are already in my possession.

We start with a nine patch and chop into two pieces, add one strip of the X, cut in half in the opposite direction, and add the second strip of the X.  

The block is really quite easy, but the maker has to step out of her comfort zone for this one, so I'm really happy I've chosen it.  I have no problem at all cutting into a block, but that is not the case for everyone.  In the end it's been a fun experience and several of the others have thanked me for pushing them out of their comfort zones.  

"Why, you're welcome."

Right now I have nine: I made four and five have come in, but we have a FB page and there are a couple more completed blocks that are on their way.  In fact one arrived today!  

How these will turn out will be interesting, don't you think?  Since they are all different sizes, I have something of a plan to make them fit together.  Of course, my plan may not work!  So I'm open for suggestions.  What do you think will work?  

Sunday Quilt Inspiration: B R O W N

Brown.  Chocolate.  Sienna. Coffee.  Caramel.  Bronze.  Dirt. Wood.  Umber. Acajou.  


The shades of brown can be interesting, and they surely do invite us to taste, look closer, even smell deeply (think mocha).  Let's look at a few brown items and let them inspire us.  I'll try to stay away from just foods. *smile*

Now here's the thing about brown quilts--the brown is generally paired with another color, such as this blue or red.  Because brown is almost a neutral, though, it works really well with almost any color.  Just don't add too many different colors as they will all become muddy and lose the contrast that makes a quilt sparkle.

Even pink and green look good on a brown background.  I can't imagine that these three colors would have ever been considered together when I was young.