Crossed Canoes is an older block. I think it has been traced back as far as the late 1800's. It looks more contemporary than most. Perfect for the modern quilts and a very modern shade of yellow. To me, it looks more like Crossed Kayaks. Of course!
Here's my color inspiration. Ahh, love Cloud9 organics & Heather Bailey's fabrics! Had to sneak some flowers in there somewhere. Tans are so hard to find these days. Luckily I bought a large scrap bag of neutrals from gloriouscolor.com. It was filled with wonderful brown and tan plaids! Bought it last year I think.
Please pardon the poor quality photos. I found these colors, especially the yellow, really hard to photograph.
Really love these sandpipers! I have more pictures of the quilt blocks on my Flickr page under Quilt Blocks set. It's a little hard to see, but I did some hand quilting too. I used perle cotton to stitch a cross shape in the middle of the blocks and where the blocks meet in the middle of the blues and greens. Slightly similar to tying, but more fun and fast.
Beautiful sunny Florida :)
