Sunday, March 23, 2014

Quilt Doodles BOM--March Tree Block

On Saturday, I finally made the March block for the Quilt Doodles BOM.  Well, I say I FINALLY made it, but I actually first attempted it last weekend and it came out looking a mess!  The green fabrics I picked for the tree were too close in value to the blue sky, so you could barely differentiate between the two.  Has that ever happened to you?  I find blue and green very difficult to work with for that reason--I think they look too similar to the eye.

So this time I dug through all of my scraps and pulled out some brighter greens that trend toward olive and lime tones and I think it turned out okay.  I like the darker greens better in general, but they just weren't working for this project.


Next month, for April, we'll be making another row--I'm looking forward to seeing what it is.  Here's a reminder of what I've done so far.  February's block was a house (cabin)--


And we started off in January with a row of snowmen.


By the way, I took this month's photo using my brand new camera--with my new USB cord.  And everything seems to work okay!

I apologize for neglecting my Scrap Basket Sunday friends last weekend.  It seemed like there was a lot going on that weekend, including breaking my camera, and I felt off kilter the whole time.  By the time I realized I'd missed Scrap Basket Sunday, it was Monday!  So, here's the sign up for this week--and please feel free to link up for last week too if you posted a scrappy project on your blog back then.



I have not made any headway at all in quilting the Pie in the Sky quilt for the last few weeks, but I hope to get back to it soon. I hope you're doing better than I am!  Happy scrapping!

6 comments:

  1. This week I made some finishes of my stitching. Here I show the different pincushions.

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  2. Kim, have you ever used the Ruby Beholder? I often have trouble with value contrast and this tool helps tremendously. You got the contrast right in the end, though - your tree looks great!

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  3. Love the colour combinations in the blocks!

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  4. A few of us who are doing the BOM wondered why the first snow under the tree wasn't centered. Some left it and some centered. Your tree prints have great contrast.

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  5. Love the greens you used for your tree, very nicely done! Hmmmmm why isn't the snow centered :) 'artist license' I guess. Happy quilting!

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