I know you are supposed to create new projects for this, but I am up to my ears in UFOs, so I have changed the rules for myself: think about how I usually use the month’s color, look for things I have made in that color, and imagine new ways to use the color that I am not currently taking advantage of.

I love green and have the most green of any color in my stash, but I rarely make anything that is just green, or mostly green. Here is a little pillow (7.5 in) I made when I was just starting out in quilting. It is foundation pieced and not a beginner’s pattern—hence the little elephant button in the center to conceal the not-quite-meeting-like-they-should points. All in all though I like my little green pillow and perhaps one day I will attempt this quilt block again just to see how I’ve improved.

Although this is the only monochromatic green project I have ever made, most things have at least a touch of green, often more. I love mixing green with pink, red, turquoise blue, or purple. There’s a lot of green in nature, the other colors seem to shine in front of cool, calm colors like that. My Quilt Studio 2006 Spring ARTImage challenge piece is like that, it has a lot of green, but you notice the splashes of pink first. Did you know that time seems to pass faster in green (and blue) rooms?

happy quilting!