I didn’t plan on going down any rabbit holes or finding any squirrels at the moment…..but….there is such a wonderful variety of BOMs, and stitch alongs beginning now that are so tempting.
Angie Padilla releases a free block on the 7th of each month for an applique quilt. I’ve saved the patterns for the last couple of years, but this time I’ve decided to dive in, as they are very simple blocks that would work rather well for a donation quilt or two. The blocks are free for the first month and after that are only available to her paid subscribers.
As it is a nice and colourful design, I have decided that it would kind of work for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. To make a quilt the size shown requires two of each fish with three extras. I will initially make two of each, and then decide whether I’ll make the large quilt or two child sized quilts using twelve blocks each.
How I will work it, to save having two of the same fish in the same colour, is to make one fish with the month’s colour as the body and the second using the month’s colour for the accents. It should be fun.
For this month I dug out the aqua batik fabric that I have had hiding in the back of the drawer for yonks. It was bought as the end of a bolt for next to nothing. I still have loads, so it may even work for a border and backing? Better still, there was a couple of strips 6 1/2” inches wide. Bonus!
Anyway, I’m looking forward to finding a variety of blues for the backgrounds and some fun bright colours for the fish. It will nearly be brighter than the Great Barrier Reef.
