Nope, not in a bad mood, just one of those hard-to-define moods. I need fabric to self-soothe. Have you felt the same? Have you found fabric a pacifying source? I do too. Maybe that’s why we quilt. I’ve been in an green and turquoise mood lately. What mood have you been in? You use colors to help define your feelings.
Free Download Mood
Who doesn’t like that kind of mood?! We’ve two free downloads for you. First up is our February download for our 2025 Sew Along is this charming throw size scrappy Double Irish Chain. Click on the button below and scroll to the end of the February 15 post to download this pretty quilt pattern.
Green Mood
For the second free-down, check out our Recovery Quilt. We partnered with Rob Appell and Michael Miller Fabrics to make the Recovery Quilt pattern and Rob created the video. This was created when anxieties were super high – 2020 shelter-in-place time. Green is a natural anti-anxiety color. If your mood is sprinkled with anxiety, green is a wonderful self-soothing color.
The quilt is made of two blocks, Xs and Os, created from large Half Square Triangles. Rob used Cotton Couture solids (the solids are called out in the pattern download). Lora made this Recovery Quilt using warm and cool green batiks. The smooth Michael Miller minky on the back is soothing all on its own! I love how it feels, the color, and how it shows off Lora’s custom quilting. The pattern includes four different methods of creating the Half Square Triangles.
An Irish Mood
Aye, Lora and I are a wee bit Irish, both sides (front and back). Though our ancestors hail from the green hills of Ireland, you don’t have to be Irish to be in an Irish Mood. If you’re feeling a wee bit Irish, we have a Shamrock Bite Size pattern, a Shamrock Kit, and an Extreme Chain Piecing video for you. You can find the pattern and kits in the Mini Quilts and Kits section of our Web store.
3YD Charlie
If you’re feeling more than a wee-bit Irish, more like 3 yards Irish, we have 3YD Charlie Quilt Pattern and 3YD fabric kits. This pretty green quilt is made with an Irish Chain block and the Grecian Square block. Lora added white minky to the back. It is so cozy.
New Mood
What’s new in the shop? Funny. This one is green too. Introducing, Jordyn’s Chevron, $10.99. I’ll add it to our Etsy store soon for the pdf download lovers. It is a throw-size, Half Square Triangle quilt.
Current Mood
Nope, not in a bad mood, just one of those hard-to-define moods. I looked up the colors I’ve been drawn to lately, green and turquoise. I’d say my color gravitation is spot-on. The below excerpts are from our Quilters Color Therapy book. It is a Block of the Month pattern/book and explores the use of Color Psychology in Quilting.
GREEN
Green evokes security, self-reliance, tranquility, and peace. It is restful and relaxing to the human eye. It reflects healing and is an excellent anti-anxiety color. Green has positive cognitive outcomes as well. It improves memory and constructive thinking. It is found that the human eye can differentiate more shades of green than any other color. On the downside, green is associated with envy and greed.
TURQUOISE
Polls show that blue and green are America’s favorite colors and turquoise is the happy medium. It blends blue’s tranquility and green’s optimism and healing. Turquoise is the color of restfulness, tranquility, elegance, clarity of mind, and creativity. Aquamarine and turquoise have a strong connection to the color of the ocean and reflect calmness and peace. Turquoise possesses the unique quality of balance. On the downside, this is a color that can sometimes be impractical, secretive, and emotionally detached.
We are drawn to the colors that we need emotionally. Whether you realize it or not, it is highly likely that you have been practicing color therapy in your quilting at some level.
Once you’re aware of the emotional support color can have for you, as a quilter, you can take this one step further and use Color Therapy purposefully to help you process and express your feelings through your color choices in quilting even when your mood is hard to define. Page 1 from the Recovery Quilt pattern above lists colors as well.
Early January, Lora and I spent a lot of time preparing and planning our 2025 year. I have 19 new patterns I want to write in the next 10 months. We have several shows, plus new fabric manufacturer connections. Stressed? Anxious? Do I need constructive thinking, clarity of mind, and creativity? Yeah, definitely a green and turquoise mood. I’m going to go play in my fabric bins. What fabric colors will you choose to sew this week? Happy sewing everyone!
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