June's Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) is light blue & light green! I'm doing 6 x 6 postage stamp blocks this year, using 2 1/2" squares, mostly from leftovers bits as I'm cutting out quilts!!!
Japan is said to be the country of "blue & white". Having lived in Japan for 24 years, I have a lot of Japanese fabrics, and especially a concentration of blue prints. I went through and counted how many of these are Japanese--an average 40% of these prints are originally from Japan! That is more than any other colors I've done so far this year.
Light green was an add-on for this month:
About 20% of my light greens are from Japan:
My 2023 RSC Block Count:
January: Dark/Bright Blues 12 blocks
February: Pink 8 blocks
March: Green 4 blocks
April: Purple 4 blocks
May: Orange 4 blocks
June: Light Blue 4 blocks
June: Light Green 2 blocks
Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy
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Your blocks are beautiful, Nancy and how wonderful to cut them out from leftover pieces as you work on other projects. It makes for it quicker when time to piece. It is fascinating to look at all of the variety of fabrics and how they come together so beautifully. This is going to be a fabulous quilt. Have a very lovely weekend.
ReplyDeleteHow interesting that you have lived in Japan for so long, and I didn't know that blue and white was such a common color theme there. You have some beautiful fabrics in those blocks.
ReplyDeleteLovely blocks, I love the tiny blue, and red, houses, and the greenish ladybugs! I may have recognized 2 green fabrics that I have in my scrap box. It's always great to see Japanese fabrics sprinkled throughout your blocks , full of memories and friendship.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing them, and linking up!
You do have the most fun prints to choose from for those blocks! I did see one that I've had in my stash in the past. I think it's all gone now, though. Love the Spam print - that made me laugh!
ReplyDeleteHad to scroll back and find the Spam print - LOL! You have such fun fabrics, and I enjoy seeing your RSC blocks and quilts!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great collection of fabrics! I do have some that are in your blocks, just about 12 of them! Fun to see you blocks, which are always a fabulous combination of fabrics!
ReplyDeleteAll that variety makes such a happy collection of blocks. These will make a great quilt. Enjoy the weekend!
ReplyDeleteI had fun looking for fabrics that I recognized in your scrappy blocks! I found a couple of them that I also have in my scraps! :)
ReplyDeletewhat cute little blocks ,all the added little surprises in the prints gives it character,it's going to turn out beautiful !
ReplyDeleteGreat variety of blue and light green scraps, Nancy. Your blocks are amazing, they look so perfect.
ReplyDeleteYour 6x6 blocks are amazing! And once again, no I do not see any that are in my stash. That always surprises me! My stash is quite old, dated or maybe vintage! But still, so many different ones, you would think some would be the same! Hmmmm!
ReplyDeleteYour blocks are beautiful, Nancy! I have many blue and white fabrics in my stash, but I cannot see a single fabric of mine in your blocks.
ReplyDeleteI love all the variety in your blue and green blocks! Spam fabric, how cool!
ReplyDeleteThat's a great way to finish out fabrics from earlier quilts. You have a great variety. Going to look good when all is said and done.
ReplyDeleteThese blocks are so much fun to look at. The variety is amazing! I have one of the blue fabrics and two of the green.
ReplyDeleteThese blocks are looking wonderful. Such a great way to use the small pieces.
ReplyDeleteI love to see these colour blocks, they are mini works of art in their own right!
ReplyDeleteYour color blocks are amazing! It is fun to look through your prints to see if I've had any in my stash. Sometimes I see one or maybe two! Isn't that interesting? How fun to be using your Japanese prints. . .I bet you have walked though many memories as you've sewn!---TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteThese blocks are beautiful, Nancy! Thanks so much for sharing them with us at Monday Musings!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blocks and so wonderful that you were able to live in another country. Hugs
ReplyDeleteHi Nancy, I just love your blue fabric from Japan. They are so gorgeous :-) Thanks for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks. Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteGreat blocks. I too am a scrap quilter. It is fun to see what you have created.
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