And I have certainly been distracted with this month’s block from Tara Faughnan’s Block 2 online class. Squares and rectangles combined with how colors work together combined to create some really fun play. And I’m getting quite good at covering the stretched canvas with blocks. I now have a collection of sizes–10, 12, 14, and some 14×18 rectangles. Michaels has awesome prices and good quality. I will hang the big one on the left, but the rest will be gifts.
Here’s my “haul” for this month–which has, again, been so fun.
And there’s this one which I hung in the foyer:
And one more picture of the four from another angle. The lower one on the right was made from just sewing together leftover cut fabric pieces, but… I couldn’t resist putting it on canvas as it kept catching my eye on the design wall. Simplicity is so appealing to me.
I’ve almost got the third quilt in my half-rectangle triangle blocks made with the Hurty ruler. This one involves an “hourglass” block version that can be made. I think I’ll call it “Dancing Hourglass Diamonds” as yours eyes make diamonds of several sizes form and dance across this quilt.
Anyway, I’m trying to clean off the design wall to get ready to make Rachel Hauser’s scrappy log cabin quilt in January–and I’m happy some of you are also going along for that ride. That’s the Stitched in Color blog. Rachel is already making blocks for her new version of this quilt she designed. The border on that quilt is just awesome, in my opinion.
And on we go into the New Year and into our quilting passions.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and the Happiest New Year to all of you!
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