Autumn Tango

I finished sewing the binding down on my Autumn Tango quilt and wouldn't you know it is blowing a gale outside which has made it all but impossible to get decent photos.  The only sheltered areas seemed to be dark corners, or worse, full sun.

I am really happy to have finished this quilt.  This project was not without it's drama when UPS lost my fabric forcing me to source more after already waiting a month for the original order to arrive.  Locally I  managed to find more fabric, but the print I ordered to use for the binding didn't work in person so I ended up using grey.  I like the grey so this is ok.  The lost fabric did cause me to use more 'orange' than 'tangerine' fabrics, but by this stage I didn't care, I just wanted it done.

I used some of my Sandi Henderson Petal Party for the backing and I am very glad I did as I love it.  Neither the Mr or I liked this quilt as it sat on the design wall, but as soon as it came off the machine we both changed our minds.  It is nice that I have made something we both like and can use!

I am very glad I signed on for the Tangerine Tango challenge.  It isn't a colour I have used before and I am really happy to have this in the house now, very fitting for our first day of Autumn today!

It also counts as my March finish for AJ's 12 in 12 challenge.

And now that I think about it, it is Thursday so happy Creative Spaces to you all too!

Tango

I am really wanting to start the Tangerine Tango Challenge, but I am still waiting on the second fabric order to arrive.  It's been a month already!

Thankfully I do have some fabric to play with to let me make a start and have a little play on the design wall.  I  am allowed one other colour to go with the tangerine and I opted for green (in case you hadn't noticed!).

I decided this layout was the way to go with lots of white space to show off the bright colour.

Simple, but fun.

Quilt Stuff

My medallion quilt-a-long efforts are slowly taking shape.  

Round three was appliqué.  I have left blank corner squares to appliqué a small shape taken from the centre medallion.  I will do this as soon as I work out what fabric I have left over, I am running low on options right now; I have started the next round (circles!) but don't think I will have enough fabric to do the final round which is yet to be announced.  It won't matter, this quilt is already large and I love it!

I will show off the circle round as soon as I finish it, won't be long now.

The Pantone colour of the year was announced as 'Tangerine Tango'.  I can't say I have any tangerine in my stash so when I noticed the Tangarine Tango Quilt Challenge pop up on Flickr I thought it would be a good chance to jump out of my comfort zone and embrace a new colour.  I have a Tangerine and Green themed Fabricworm order on it's way as we speak ready for the start of this challenge in the New Year.