May 2022 Table Scraps Challenge : dark greens and squares!

I’ve been cutting and sewing lots of squares lately! Hollow Nines is lots of 2” squares. My Happy Blocks start with a 4.5” square. Zig Zag rows start with 5” squares, then become HST. And Growing Up Odd has a total of 1456 2” squares. 

I needed a mat for the lower part of the table next to my chair in the living room. It’s 11” square. Joyful suggested squares for the challenge. Angela picked forest green and sage green as the color for May. So I had a jumping off point! 

There were still green scrapes on my cutting table. The pink flowers are on the new cover for my iPad. Never mind those! 

I’ve been wanting to try this table runner pattern. It was a freebie in a mailing! 

I wonder I’d I could just use some of the blocks and make a square? 

I read and reread the directions. I laid out some different greens for squares! Yuck. They don’t seem to coordinate!  In the bottom of my scrap basket were cut offs from the construction of the actual scrap basket! Lightbulb  💡 moment! Make crumb blocks , Judy!

So…crumbs blocks were made! 

Then I picked a creamy grunge for the contrasting sashing. I think it’s too much contrast and if I put sashing around all the blocks, it’ll be too big! Ugh!  Rearrange! 

Well, that looks weird! Even after I quilted  in a grid in dark forest green to tone down the lightness of the sashing.

The blocks are fun though! Right? 

The back and binding match. That scrap is almost all gone. 

It looks good on my chair side table with my fav green mug! Maybe I should brew up some green tea and try it out! 

It really is perfect!   There is no such thing as too much green!!!1.  Thanks, Joyful for the fun and “challenging” Challenge! Linking up at Table Scraps Challenge at The Joyful Quilter!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!