Orange Crush – Pineapple Crush – Decisions Decisions Decisions
Posted By drsao on April 20, 2008
Many quilters from all over the world are at this very moment happily completing Step Two of the Orange Crush Mystery Quilt designed by Bonnie K. Hunter (if anyone is interested in joining in on the fun – go to www.quiltville.com.)
Weeks ago, while waiting for our Step 1 instructions, many of us (including yours truly) selected our three fabrics plus an accent fabric for our quilts- and it has been very entertaining to see all of the different color choices.
I had decided to make a PINEAPPLE CRUSH instead of an ORANGE CRUSH
(since I was using a PINEAPPLE COLORED FABRIC instead of orange.)
….and my fabrics
were…..(the teal is the accent color) 
But alas, I have now changed my mind…
….I’ve decided on a brighter red fabric to substitute for the burgundy checks.
My STEP 1 BLOCKS for the PINEAPPLE CRUSH are Controlled Scrappy
– two colors – beiges and navy blues…..
Recently I have experienced a bit of unexpected bravery and have decided that I should REALLY TRY to fight against my “CONTROL AND ORGANIZE GENE” and expand my horizons. I decided to GO TOTALLY SCRAPPY.
AND….since I decided to go SCRAPPY with my four patches (putting in EVERYTHING but the kitchen sink) I said, “SELF, you might as well do the ORANGE CRUSH QUILT in scrappy.”
And here are my SCRAPPY STEP ONE 150 Four-Patch BLOCKS for the ORANGE CRUSH…
And still on my SCRAPPY ROLL – here are my STEP TWO Scrappy
142 Half-Square Triangle Four-Patches…..
And since I have Steps One and Two completed I needed to make a FABRIC CHOICE.
Here are my OFFICIAL choices for fabrics for my Scrappy Orange Crush Mystery Quilt.
I don’t know yet which one will be my accent color. 🙂
And now I need to get back to my CONTROLLED SCRAPPY MODE and make my STEP TWO blocks for my PINEAPPLE CRUSH MYSTERY QUILT.
Ok – so now I have officially admitted that I am making BOTH an Orange Crush and a Pineapple Crush Mystery Quilt.
Another brave quilter making 2 crush quilts at once! Amazing! Can’t wait to see how they turn out!