Now that's better! I love both blocks this week. The symmetry block came together quickly and I lvoe how the lines flow between the patches. If only they all worked this well!
The templates.
The fabrics.
You can get directions for making this block on Barbara Brackman's blog and you can see the other blocks in the Flickr group.
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The block this month is Sunbonnet Baby. I don't think anyone will be surprised that I did not make the Sunbonnet Baby block. It just would not work. Instead I went to Blockbase and looked for another block with "baby" in the name. That led me to Baby Basket. I should have studied it a bit before selecting it!
The shibori version is just fine.
This, however, is complete and total crap! :)
It required 10 fabrics and that's just too many to get any sort of design flowing in the block. I considered making another but I know that I will not use all of the blocks in my quilt so I've decided to move on. If I need another block for the quilt I'll make it later. You can bet that this one will never see the light of day again.
The templates.
This should have been a hint.
This project has been such a great exercise for me. I've learned so much about fabric selection and creating focus lines. It's really going to help when I get back to making kaleidoscope blocks. Because of that I don't mind having a disaster or 5.
You can get directions for making this block on Barbara Brackman's blog and you can see the other blocks in the Flickr group.
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Grandmother's Choice Block 34
Cups and Saucers
The block this month is supposed to be Coffee Cup but I just could not see doing that one so I searched Blockbase for a block with "cup" in the name. I found Cups and Saucer and liked it and I like it in both versions.
The templates
The fabrics
You can get directions for making this block on Barbara Brackman's blog and you can see the other blocks in the Flickr group.
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I love the shibori version and really do not love the symmetry version. This block doesn't lend itself to symmetry. I tried for a swirl effect but that wasn't so successful. Oh well, you win some and you lose some!
The templates.
The fabrics.
You can get directions for making this block on Barbara Brackman's blog and you can see the other blocks in the Flickr group.
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It's not often that a block is good for both of my applications but this was one of them. I like how both of these turned out.
The templates
The fabrics
You can get directions for making this block on Barbara Brackman's blog and you can see the other blocks in the Flickr group.
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