I've been so good this year sticking to my list of projects and not getting side tracked however I got squirreled! I've succumbed to the Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt sew-along. It's weekly so at least I won't have to wait a month for the pattern like I do for the Designer Mystery sew-along and no, I did not order fabric from Edyta even though she has many beautiful fabric collections.
I came across several bags with fabrics that I had purchased for something else while organizing my sewing studio in July but those projects never happened. I pulled one of those bags for this project.
The fabrics are batiks that I purchased years ago. Yoder's had a quilt in display in their store that I thought was cute so I bought the kit. It was cute but I just didn't get it sewn, now it's time to use the fabrics.
Here are week one blocks, 9 square in a square blocks. I've used two different blue fabrics.
The fabrics actually have more of a slate blue appearance in real life. Don't worry, this isn't another blue & white quilt, there are also dark pink, green, brown and yellowish fabrics. The background fabric is a cream color, not white as they look in the blocks.
These hourglass blocks are set with five of the blocks from week 1, they make a star for the center of the quilt.
I hadn't planned to use blue for this week but I didn't think another color would look right. That is what the challenge is about mystery quilts, color placement!
Linking to To Do Tuesday, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday, Put Your Foot Down, Free Motion Mavericks, TGIFF!, Finished or Not Friday, Off the Wall Friday, Beauty Pageant, Patchwork & Quilts
5 comments:
What pretty blocks! I wanted to join that mystery, but I decided it wasn't for me when I couldn't even choose fabrics, sheesh.
Pretty block layout,when you click the kink its hard to walk away ð€£ I'm working on forgotten projects & UFO's but itching to start something new ð€£
I allowed myself to join in since I'm using an old fabric kit purchased years ago. If I don't like how the quilt ends up looking, it definitely will be come a compassion quilt.
What I really like about these blocks is the sharp contrast between the fabrics. So nice!
Your blocks are so pretty, Gretchen. Such lovely blue fabrics you are using. I am looking forward to following your progress. Have a blessed day. Hugs.
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