5 "Cross" Blocks from Tula Pink's "City Sampler"

I completed 5 cross blocks from the "Crosses" chapter of Tula Pink's City Sampler: 100 Modern Blocks, which happens to be the first chapter:

I guess I like to do things backwards.  My favorite block from this section is block number 1 - the very first block to appear in the book!

5 blocks + 65 blocks = 70 blocks, which means I'm done making blocks!   I am using the layout "Sliding Scale" (page 250 of the book), to assemble my blocks.  It also allows  for less exact-ness. 

Even so, I'm nervous about cutting the lattice properly.  This is my first quilt top with a lattice, and I am afraid I won't be able to cut out the long strips evenly.  We'll see how it goes...

15 "Haiku" Blocks

I finished the Haiku blocks chapter in Tula Pink's City Sampler: 100 Modern Blocks:

  Some I am not so crazy about, but hopefully it will all come together in the quilt.  With these blocks, I have 65 total.  I need 70 for the quilt I want to make, so that's only 5 to go. 

The two chapters I haven't done are the "triangle" and "crosses" chapters.  I feel a little weird about adding in random crosses - I suppose it's a religious thing; to me, crosses are symbol of my faith.  But I'm lazy, so I'm choosing this section over the trickier triangle one. 

If I had to pick a favorite haiku block, it might be block 96:

 

 

I love the framed picture blocks, and this is a fabric combo I haven't used a whole lot.   For someone who doesn't like orange, I've sure used a lot of it in all my blocks!  I do like this pinkish orange - almost coral - better than most shades of orange.

My "square" blocks from Tula Pink's book

I completed the "Square Blocks" chapter from Tula Pink's 100 Modern Blocks:

Quick little jelly roll quilt top

I wanted a break from the fussier sewing I've been doing, so I made a quick and small jelly roll quilt top in blues and greens.  Pre-cut strips make for fast work!

I wanted a quilt top that I didn't put so much work into to practice sewing the quilting stitches, and I think this will work for that.  I have had very little practice with machine quilting, and the thought of it makes me nervous!

 

funky mod "square" and sweet hourglass quilt blocks

I completed 6 blocks in the "Square" chapter of Tula Pink's City Sampler: 100 Modern Quilt blocks:

 

I love using Tula's book, but I was getting a little tired of zany fabric and block combos.  To switch things up, I decided to practice my half square triangles by making some pastel hour glass blocks:

 

 



 

It's a very different look!  I'm pleased that most of the center corners matched up.  I only had to redo 1 set.  Yay!



35 Blocks from Tula Pink's 100 Modern Quilt Blocks

I've finally finished the "Stripes" chapter of Tula Pink's City Sampler: 100 Modern Quilt Blocks.

 Here they are, from 56 to 70:

 

 

Here are all my blocks from the "Rectangle" chapter in order, from number 16 to 35:

 

 

 

And now I'm beginning block 71, from the "Squares" chapter (14 more blocks)...  I've decided to make 70 blocks total and use "Sliding Scale" for my quilt layout.  So that means I'm halfway through with the blocks!

 

 

I've also been working on this for a special little girl:

 

 

It still needs sleeves, but maybe you can guess which Disney princess / queen this costume is supposed to be for?  Sleeves make me nervous, but I am determined to finish it tomorrow.  Minus the hemming.  I think it will need lots of that.