Since this is my first quilt along, I will have to show you my blocks as I finish them up. I have never ever sewn a curve - my whole entire quilting life. Well, I did on Saturday night and it was a lot easier than I thought. This block was from Jenny's Urban Deco Tutorial, the added design to the Urban Nine Patch quilt along and I love how it turned out. This was my practice block - it won't be going into a quilt because I don't like that 3 of the 4 points aren't lined up exactly on the black. That is my fault of course - the cutting needs to be exact and I made a couple mistakes on that part. But, it was good practice - it was so much fun learning a new skill. So, I recommend trying out Jenny's ruler if you want to learn curves!
I made a minor change to the block, using a square instead of a half square triangle in the corners - I am thinking ahead of the quilting possibilities, of course. So, I need to figure out how to make the yellow ovals seamless, then make the white outside strips just a little bigger. What I loved about it this tutorial was that everything was made a little bigger, then cut out so that the end result were straight, square blocks. I did starch every single piece of fabric before I sewed them together, I think that help with the fabric not moving.
Now I just need to decide if this is truly the color combo I want to go with - I wanted to try something out of the box for me, but it isn't singing my colors. I'll let you know if I change my mind on the color variations.
One more thing, thanks for all the love on my last post. Lili was so happy for all the sweet comments. I showed her how many people said good job and she beamed! I will have to think of our next project very soon! Have a lovely day!
19 comments:
That is a very striking block! Love your colors and the design.
I love that block!
I love this design...I vote to stay with these colours..they are so different. For the yellow oval; could you use a template from the Double Wedding Ring?? or similar.
Beautiful! And as far as four of your points not lining up, I only noticed one! Don't be so hard on yourself!
I love this block, it has so many interesting angles....love the color as well.
I just got Jenny's ruler that I had ordered from her in the mail. I was at Sew Expo in Puyallup, WA, this past weekend where she had it on display and some of the gorgeous quilts she had made using it. I bought all her patterns. I missed the times that she was demoing. Drats. Would have loved to meet her. Can't wait to try out the ruler. Your block looks fantastic!
I think it looks great! Nice choice!
I love it!! I'll trade ya!
Your block looks great!! Jenny's ruler is really fun to use and the blocks created from it are fabulous!!
That is a magnificent looking block. WOW!
Wow, I LOVE this block! Isn't Jenny's ruler the most fun thing ever?
What a great block! I can't wait to see your next one and how you decide to quilt it.
This looks great and I like the solid block in the corners. Nice!
I think it looks great - only thing I personally would change is the square corners - I think I'd use the gray/black print for that instead of the yellow - to tie those gray/black arcs together......
Wow. I love that block. I have never seen it before and it looks really hard so I am very impressed with you, Judi! Great job and I love the color combo. I think your color placement is great. I like the yellow squares. It really makes everything pop. Especially when you stand back and look at it! Great job!
Such gorgeous colours, it looks so good! I love all the shapes, you are so talented! XxxX http://thesecondhandrose.blogspot.com/
Very cool!!!! I like the change you made not using the HSTs. Gives the block a completely different look!! Very striking!! I chuckled when you were talking about your block in terms of the quilt design...I do the same now on my own piecing or how I look at a pattern. Never did before, but now that makes a huge difference.
What a beautiful block. I love the colors. If you want to make the oval piece without a seam, you should be able to fold fabric in half and use the same ruler, then sew the other pieces to the outside edges!
You're inspiring me to give this a try.
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