Brown is the colour for March in Judy’s monthly Monochromatic Challenge.
It’s difficult for me to think in shades of brown at this time of year. When March arrives, I start thinking in pastels and Easter egg colours. Maybe I could think of this project as the Easter chocolate?! Hmmm, chocolate bunnies and chocolate Easter eggs…yummy! That’ll do it — now I’m in the mood for Springtime Brown. 😉
I don’t have much brown in my stash, but what there is might look nice in this arrangement. I have been thinking of this pattern for a long time, with the horizontal and vertical blocks each having a different number of rails or stripes. I even drew a sketch of this quilt a couple of weeks ago while waiting for an appointment, so I guess its time has come!
This design is very similar to the green Strip-Stripe quilt I am (still) working on for my husband, except these blocks will be larger — 6.5 inches unfinished. The four vertical rails will be pieced from 2-inch strips, and the three horizontal rails will be 2.5-inch strips.
Here’s my small collection of browns, which range from tan through rust to dark brown. I think it will be fun to mix these up and see what happens! 🙂
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I love the colors you have pulled for the monochromatic brown quilt. It looks like a hint of pink/red tones and I immediately thought you should name it” chocolate-covered cherries.” Judy C
I have a cousin in England and he has daffodils up and blooming! Living in Canada we have two months to go yet. Lucky you to have flowers so early. I like the brown quilt–here we call it a Rail Fence.
Having a plan is half the battle!
I would have a hard time doing brown this time of year also. I am ready for florals and bright fabrics.
Anything with chocolate in the name has gotta be good 🙂
Very interesting variation of a rail fence. Looking forward to seeing it in your fabrics.
I’ve never thought of having differing number of rails in rail quilt. It works quite well in the drawing. Now, hopefully you’ll be able to show us the finished top on a design wall monday and we can see what it looks like in fabrics.
Hi Diane, it will be interesting to see it in differing fabrics – make sure you keep us updated – I’ve only ever seen these made in the ‘same’ fabrics.
Look forward to seeing how it comes out.