Crayon Challenge Quilt

My 'Crayon Challenge Quilt' is finished.  About 6 months ago 46 members of our Quilt Guild chose a random crayon out of a bag and had to complete a 12" x 12" or 8" x 10" quilt with at least 50% of the fabric being the color of the crayon.

The quilts will be silent auctioned for a fund raiser for one of the local hospitals.

My crayon was 'jungle green'.  Interestingly it is not a yellow-green color, but has much more blue in it than I was expecting.  I went in search of a matching fabric in the stash and found some that was quite close to perfect.  Then I pulled out the lighter color for the contrast.

I started by cutting out blocks and laying them out in various patterns.  I originally was going to do the quilt blocks on point, but I didn't have enough.  Once I decided on the simple one patch grid and cut some other shapes and played around with those.  This is what I ended up with.

 I used some decorative stitches to secure the appliques and emphasize the blocks. 
I did the binding in the lighter color because I didn't have nearly enough of the dark (which I would have preferred), but it rather looked like it was 'floating'.  So I decided to add the beads on the edge.  Then to tie it all together I added some to the rectangles. 

Overall I am pretty happy with the little quilt.  If I could go back, I probably would have put less beads on the edge - it is pretty heavy for a small quilt.

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Here is the next 'big' project.

A new quilt in the works.   This one has rules.  It is the guild challenge for upcoming show.
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These are the fabrics we were given.

It is our guild's 30th anniversary - the gift would be a Pearl - so the challenge is called 'Pearl Passion'.  Our rules: Must use at least half of the 'pearl' fabric.  Must use a recognizable amount of the other two fabrics.  Our size is limited as well.  I won't bore you with the rest of the rules.
It's hard to tell in the photo, but the fabrics all have some shimmer in them.

I will be adding some batiks for the rest of my quilt.

These look appropriately 'sea-worthy' - don't you think?

Would you guys like daily updates on my progress?  It would certainly keep me accountable.  For example, here is what I got done last night.

All the squares are cut and I've begun the layout.

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