I have chosen the Ribbon Star Block, and found THIS FANTASTIC TUTORIAL over at Freshly Pieced. The aqua/teal/white/grey block pictured towards the end of that post really appealed to me, so I am asking for something similar to it.
Each member of the Bee will make a block using the above tute and using the following fabrics :
** A white (solid) centre star
** A grey (solid) background - any grey, I think different tones of grey will give the quilt an interesting look!
** Colour A and Colour B are to be done in one colour - eg. lights for 'Colour A' and darks for 'Colour B' . My favourite colours are Green, Purple, Red and Pink - however I don't mind if you use what you have in your stash, as long as it's not orange!
Here is my block as an example.
It did take me just over 3 hours to complete this afternoon. Hopefully everyone enjoys the challenge!
Kate x
I like this one but i was hoping it was paperpieced! Darn! ;)
ReplyDeleteI could probably draw up a paper piecing pattern just for you Laura. No fancy computer software though so you will have to use my wonky hand-drawn lines??
DeleteI love this block. I had a little laugh at your colours because mine will say: "My favourite colours are Red,Pink, and Orange - however I don't mind if you use what you have in your stash, as long as it's not PURPLE!!"
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how everyone has mentioned the 'no orange' part. I'm grateful we aren't a group of complete smarta$$es or I would be looking at ALL orange blocks by the end of June ;)
DeleteI did come across 1/2m of orange yesterday as I was rummaging through my (almost) entirely green and purple stash...didn't cause the full body cringe it used to - I will conquer that fear one day :D
Love this block! I love purple and green too so have lots of fabrics to choose from!
ReplyDeleteAlso if you are interested in some freebie quilting software, I found a great one called Quilt Assistant. It's fab for drawing up paper pieced blocks - just a bit of a learning curve to use it at first - just make sure you read the guide! :)
Free sounds good Kristy! I will definitely check that out, thanks x
DeleteHi Kate! Thanks for following me, I'm following you now too! Love this block. It looks 3D! I'm going to check it out on freshly pieced!
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