Friday, February 21, 2025

Project Quilting 16.4 Birthstone

 One of my birthstones is alexandrite.  The other is pearl. Stephanie told me your birthstone can also be determined by zodiac sign and month, which would have allowed me to use just about any gem color I wanted. I decided to stick with alexandrite. 

The stone's color can vary based on lighting. The few I've ever seen were small, man-made and VERY expensive. Mine are also small, woman-made and were very cheap to make (stash + scraps = free). 


The stone can be blue-green during the day and purple-red at night. I tried to give them gem shapes, but I think they look more like Easter eggs to me.


So, I put my mom's rock egg basket on top of one. Now I'm ready for the holiday two months early instead of six months late.

Check out all the other creative gems here.

3 comments:

Rose said...

I would not have thought of Easter eggs at all...and still think gems...i think they turned out beautiful.

Shelina said...

These are beautiful, and they do look like gem shapes to me.

Kris said...

I didn't think easter eggs either but I am in the same boat and made a hexi design for mine. I am also June so tried but just not the colors for me but I was lucky to have been given a bunch of FQ to work with..ish! Ha You did great coming up with 2!