Making Blocks

I’ve been having fun making blocks for the Block Study Collective with Tara Faughnan this fall. My first batch of blocks from October are still a work in progress and brewing on my design wall while I decide whether to sew them together into one quilt, or leave them as separate block studies.

They are happy colors, so I’m just enjoying them hanging out with me as I sew. While I’m pondering that, I’m making blocks of a different design with these fabrics.

A whole new fabric pull, and I’m loving these colors. This month we are making log cabin blocks using a new technique for paper piecing that Tara demonstrated. It has been a game changer for me. No paper ripping when the block is sewn?? I’m in! I started with two . . .

These measure 3-1/2″ by 6-1/2″. Then I made a few more . . .

And a few more . . . I can’t quit making these . . .

I made two more, and now I’m taking a break while I work on some Christmas projects. I’ll show you more on this in a future post. Tara has given us a variety of pattern sizes and shapes, so I think I want to try some of those too. I don’t think I’ll get those done before month’s end, but we’ll see.

So that’s pretty much all I’ve been doing, making blocks and messing around with some holiday sewing. How about you? What are you working on?

Wendy