“Garnish” is the second month block in Tara Faughnan’s six-month Blocks3 online class.
Here’s what happened as I played with the block and with the palette Tara chose for this month. I am very partial to greens and oranges, so I was happy with this palette that was very much in one of my color comfort zones. (I love color.)
I hand quilted “Garnish” with the collection of 12-weight cotton threads I have amassed over the years of hand quilting. The center join of the “flower” made hand quilting tough in that area, but the rest was a joy.
The backing is “Spotted” by Brigitte Heitland (#1660 Moda), whose selvage came with the sweet message “Life is Art, Live Yours in Color.”
This block is a pickle quilt block form, and as usual Tara Faughnan gave us many options, like block sizes for instance, with which to play. My trial block is on the upper right of my developing improv quilt and was a 6-inch version, as I recall.
The form of this block that drew me strongly was the circle that formed as a secondary pattern. So I went on to make a stretched canvas version, which I hand quilted and hung in my quilt room. (Above a “Crosswalk” block, the first month block in Blocks3.
Like Tara Faughnan, I think a glue stick makes sewing curves so much easier. So this “Garnish” piece will need to be washed to remove the glue, which will make the piece wrinkly, of course. I don’t mind that look.
Month 3 in Blocks3 is a Star form, and I’m having fun with it now.
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