A large portion of my quilting time this week has been spent getting caught up on my Sewcialites 2 blocks, which our quilt guild is doing as a block of the month. Actually, we are making two blocks per month. The
Sewcialites 2 pattern includes instructions for blocks in three different sizes: 3", 6" and 9", and I foolishly chose to make my blocks in all three sizes.
This month I decided to get the most difficult blocks out of the way first, and those are the 3" blocks. I've been using solids for these blocks.
Sewcialites 2, 3" Blocks #9 - 10
Sewcialites 2, 9" Blocks #9 - 10
Here are all of my 9" blocks together. The bright blue in the top right block really stands out to me. I need to either remake that block or be sure to use that color in more blocks.
The last group of blocks to make were the 6" blocks in reds and greens. I had fallen behind on these and needed to make last month's blocks too.
Sewcialites 2, 6" Blocks #7 - 10
The original pattern for Block #7 was a butterfly, which didn't make sense to me with the Christmas colors. Instead, I looked through a couple of books for a substitute and made the Christmas Star from Jinny Beyer's The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns. That is the block at the top left in the photo above.
The block in this group that jumps out at me as being way too different than the rest is the one at the bottom left because it is so dark. That's another block that might need to get remade at a later date. Fortunately, it would be an easy block to make again.
I always like to get a shot of the different sizes of blocks together, just for some perspective on scale.
Sewcialites 2 originally ran as a weekly block program at Fat Quarter Shop from October, 2022 until April, 2023. All of the block patterns are still available on the Fat Quarter Shop's website.
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Needle and Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation
Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts
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Happy quilting everyone!
Julie in GA
Oh How fun!!! That's pretty cool idea to do them in all the sizes... but that's a lot of work! I really like the color combos you are using for each set!
ReplyDeleteI think the quilt would be more interesting if you added more of the bright blue.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun variety of blocks. It is impressive that you can keep up with so many different samplers. They are each so different from each other based on the fabric choices.
ReplyDeleteFun array of blocks. I agree with you about a butterfly block in Christmas fabrics. . .it doesn't fit. Your three inch blocks are beautifully pieced!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteYour 3" blocks are so tiny! You've done so well with the precision on those. A very fun and diverse set of blocks.
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