Little Boy Blue,
come blow your horn,
the sheep’s in the meadow,
the cow’s in the corn.
That little nursery rhyme kept going through my head as I worked on my Little Boy Blue mini.
In my last post, I gave a little peek at some fabric scraps I picked up recently at Margo’s shop, Reproduction Fabrics.
The mixture of the olive brown, blues, gray and yellow just drew me in. With a limited amount of fabric, I could only cut 4″ squares of each fabric. I made half square triangles, then quarter square triangles and stitched them together.
The finished mini measures 13″ x 16″, perfect for a little table mat for my counter. The gray scrap is a peppered cotton, which added a nice soft texture.
I purposely made imperfections to give a little twist of “make do”. I did my usual straight line quilting using Aurifil 40 wt thread in Grey Smoke (#5004).
The backing and backing are both pieces from my stash. The striped binding fabric is not a reproduction fabric; it is a Quilt Wisconsin fabric from a year or two ago.
Linking up today with Susan at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers and Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts for Let’s Be Sewcial.
Come back and visit tomorrow when I share a few of my likes for this week in my third I Like Thursday post!
Wendy
What a cute little mat!
I love how the yellow just pops against the other colors! Little Boy Blue blow your horn any time!
They are definitely more subdued than your usual, but isn’t it fun going outside the box and end up with a cutie project with a fall flair.
My goodness, I haven’t thought about that rhyme in a looooong time! Your little piece is very sweet and soft, perfect for these shortening days 🙂
Oh, that is so cute. Love the colors, and I like those blocks. This week’s Tiny Tuesday is the same block. Very nice work.
that is a nice looking mat – some day I need to concentrate on small pieces for placemats and things like that I have not made any placemats but do have table runners. There is a book out the Big Book of Table runners I think it is called and I bet a lot can be ideas for placemats too.
Cute color combo, Wendy! Adorable little mini!
Hi Wendy! Aww, this is a sweet little piece. I love how it turned out, and those fabrics play so nicely with each other. I always love a striped binding, and this one looks like it should or could be a reproduction. Nice job! ~smile~ Roseanne
That is a great little piece, Wendy! I love the color combination you put together. I don’t know if you would call the yellow “cheddar” or not, but that’s what it made me think of. Cheddar and blue is something I want to try. Little Boy Blue looks like it was fun to make!
Just love this sweet little mat. I do believe you tossed me a squirrel in return….
Reproduction fabrics are not usually to my taste as right now I am sewing bright bright. But I absolutely love the way those muted tones sing with the grey ?cotton-linen. Also love the striped binding. Thanks for sharing and giving me inspiration.
This is such a pretty little quilt, Wendy!
So fun!!!
This is a sweet little piece. Love the tiny piecing and the purposeful imperfections! The striped binding is just perfect.
What a cute mini quilt — love the colors! The binding is perfect ♥
This is lovely. Beautiful colour combinations 🙂
Wonderful! Love the color combo on this – so pretty!
It’s pretty amazing how those colors worked together, and the binding sure does tie it all together. Lovely!
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I love this!