I'm finally starting to catch up on my Sisters' Ten Block Of the Month blocks - May is up first and hopefully the June blocks will get done next week! May's block was Aunt Eliza's Star, which I really was looking forward to sewing before life left me running behind.
Of course the design would have finished up a lot quicker if I had just made it easy and made the hourglass portions of the star a single fabric like the pattern suggests. I tried laying it out that way, but it just didn't seem like it was living up to it's Salty potential.
I really liked how my Lady of the Lake blocks finished with all of the three colorways working together and decided to pull that idea into the hourglass points instead. I think that the extra fiddling and planning was worth it - I love how these came out!
Since the Lake blocks had a blue center, I switched up these to have the green seahorses fussy cut and center.
As I've gone on in this BOM, I'm starting to rethink my color scheme. My original intention was to make each of the 2 monthly blocks in a specific colorway - one mainly green block and one mainly aqua block with splashes of the coral thrown in for accents. But it seems like I'm drawn more to the completed blocks where I've done a fairly even mix of all three colors. I might continue on this way and hopefully my early blocks will blend together alright.
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Nice blocks! I would still go with an even amount of each color but I love scrappyness in some quilts. Great job :)
ReplyDeleteLove the dragonfly,lol. Love these fabrics.The fussy cutting looks great. I am always changing course, usually do to a mistake:)
ReplyDeleteI think you're right--I like the coral mixed in pretty evenly. I bet your early blocks WILL end up blending in, though. Love the dragonfly--he wants to be friends with those seahorses, ha!
ReplyDeleteAll three colors work really well!
ReplyDeleteLove all 3 in the same block. I have some Salt Water in my secret stash, just love stroking it at the moment!
ReplyDeleteYour blocks look fabulous! :o)
ReplyDeleteThese are fabulous!!! I really love seeing this fabric collection in action... mine is just sitting on my table looking sad;-) My projects always evolve as they go... hopefully for the better!
ReplyDeleteLooking great. Yup, I always seem to change things as I go. I can't remember the last time I followed a pattern to the "T". That's what makes each quilt unique!
ReplyDeleteI love this block! It turned out great, but I do have a think for the hourglass block, so that may explain it. I find those a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors in this layout!
ReplyDeleteOH my goodness those blocks look beautiful! I just recently caught up on my Sister's Ten Blocks too.
ReplyDeleteI really like your new color scheme, including all three colors in a block. I think it'll go really nicely with the specific blocks in the BOM. And I wouldn't worry too much about the earlier ones. Just make sure you lay them out in such a way that the new color scheme ones are sprinkled throughout the older ones, and I think it'll look fantastic.
These are really pretty. I never would have chosen those patterns but I think the finished result will be stunning1
ReplyDeleteDragonfly's love having their picture taken. I was out in back of the store where I work and a dragonfly came through. I wanted a picture of it, because it was so big (and unusual for our area) I asked it to come back and pose...it DID!!!
ReplyDeleteBTW... I love your blocks and the colors. I think your previous blocks will work themselves in with the new idea you have just fine!
Your blocks are beautiful and I'm sure it will all be fab in the end. I'm behind on this one too.... hope to catch up with you soon!
ReplyDeletethose blocks look great with the different coloured points! I'm visiting through the Let's get acquainted blog hop- sorry I didn't get here sooner!
ReplyDeleteI love the colours in your blocks!
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