I am making myself sit down to blog today. I think I have just been enjoying the summer time sewing so much, I don't want to stop. But I am overdue to show these blocks (though all have been mailed) so I must do it today!
The set of four blocks above were May's blocks for Diane (Diane ~ my studioQ) in PROMISE do. Good Stitches. She chose one of the blocks from Tula Pink's book, City Sampler, 100 Modern Quilt Blocks. She got in touch with Tula Pink, asked if she could super size the block to 12.5" x 12.5" and use it for our group. Well Tula said, yes, and here they are! You guys know I loved that book and making the blocks, so of course I had to make 4 instead of 2. Our only requirements were that we use bright solids and bright prints (no novelty prints.) Well that was easy for me!
The next set of blocks are a special case. The do. Good Stitches quilter for June asked for a break, so our group leader had us make blocks to donate to OP Give Warmth hosted by Sarah at {no} hats in the house. The basic concept is that Sarah picks a color palette each month, and you can make ANY block (based on certain measurements, we did 12.5" x 12.5".) Well I chose the April color palette and made the blocks above and below. The block above is from a free tutorial by Two More Seconds and found HERE. I missed the fact that this block didn't measure 12.5" x 12.5" so I just modified it to work, since you can make any block it didn't really matter! The block below is from Faith at Fresh Lemons and can be found HERE.
Our PROMISE do. Good Stitches leader, Sarah (sfredett) had a great idea and posted her July instructions early, so those of us with summer plans could have extra time to make them. She chose a chunky Greek Cross with navy backgrounds and low volume centers. I literally used the only two navy fabrics that I had in my stash (that I had enough of.) I love these blocks, so pretty and modern. In the block below, I thought I had enough of the fabric (Joel Dewberry) but in the end I didn't and had to piece one of the pieces from 3 little scraps, so I had just enough. You can see this below, and thankfully the print is busy enough you don't really notice my mistake. These measure 12.5" x 12.5."
Last but not least, are two blocks for Celeste (celestejohnson2008) in Always Bee Learning. She sent us scraps and asked us to use Bonnie Hunter's Boxy Stars tutorial, found HERE. These went together really quickly, measured 12.5" x 12.5" and have a really neat effect once they are sewn together.
That is all I have today, folks, I hope you are enjoying your summer!
That is all I have today, folks, I hope you are enjoying your summer!
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