January’s block – Tic Tac Toe – is a quick and easy block using two prints to create an intersecting naughts and crosses quilt. Whether you choose to use two contrasting colours or maybe two shades of one colour – light and dark blue perhaps – this is a quilt that will come together quickly to create a fun effect!… Read More
Bees and BOMs: September
QCA Bee #1 called for two scrappy sprouts, using low volume prints for the background and one colour family for the leaves for each block. I have now learned that if using light blue fabrics, to choose even lower volume background prints for more contrast! But I did get to use up some random low volume scraps in my scrap… Read More
Bees and BOMS: July
July was a big month for bee blocks! Literally and technically. Sharon’s blocks forced me to face my fears of curves, and to great success! I was scavenging my stash for novelty “scenic” prints for her grandson to see as he drives his toy cars along the grey road, and could only pull out leftover charms from Jonathan’s transport I-spy… Read More