Seedlings Finish and NTT

Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday, friends!  My seedlings quilt is all finished up and I'm so excited to share it with you today.

As I mentioned in my last post, though I wasn't too sure about all of these yellowish and brownish greens, now that it's done, this quilt is giving me all the retro Pyrex vibes and I really do love the finish.  

I kept the nature theme going with the quilting motif, and opted for a woodgrain pattern, which gives the quilt so much crinkly texture.

You might not see it right away, but I also incorporated some of my remaining darkest grays and blacks in the background of a few of these blocks, and I did that for a couple of very specific reasons.  I knew that I didn't have enough greens to complete the front and back of this quilt, and I needed those grays and blacks to round it all out.  I also knew that I had a ton of those grays and blacks in my cabinet, and if my goal is to use up ALL my fabric, they had to go somewhere!

Well, those darkest grays and blacks look great on the back, and the greens really sparkle against them. Full disclosure- I did keep a chunk of Kona Black for future use.  With all of the quilts I've made lately, my scrap jars are starting to get full again, and I love using solid black for the binding on scrap quilts.

I love how the woodgrain quilting shows up so well on the back!  By the way, I neglected to get a good photo of the binding of this quilt, but if you scroll back up to the quilt close up, you'll notice a cute green and white Coke bottle print in the bottom left block.  I used it for the binding, and it reads almost like a green and white stripe.

Okay, y'all!  It's almost time to party, but before we do, let's check out some of the awesome highlights from last week.  This scrap beauty is from Maggie at Making a Lather-

Sew Preeti Quilts shared this lovely quilt.  I love the rich fall colors of these blossoms-

And finally, check out this gorgeous quilt from Sandra at mmm...quilts-

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