Showing Moda Blockheads 4 Some Love

Now that the red white and blue blocks are off the design wall, I have room to put another sew-along's blocks up so I can look at them. And wouldn't you know, once they were all up there, I saw four or five that I just didn't like. It just goes to show that it is a good idea to display your blocks on a design wall as you progress. It is important to see how the blocks "play together". There always are a few misfits. But if you can see them all together, you make better decisions on what colors to put together in your next blocks. 

So I made one new block for this week, and re-made four more!  All the block patterns can be found on the Moda website in the Blockheads archives. 

This is the new block for this week.

This was a block pattern for another sew-along I did a year or so ago. I love those fabrics together!

I remade the yellow/navy print units on this block.

My other Crown of Thorns block looked nothing like a crown of thorns, so I remade it with different color placement.

And here's the last one I remade.

I will continue to play around with colors and placement as I made a few more blocks to finish up the quilt top. I think I need a couple more "pops" of the navy to make things balanced. I think that darker color draws the eye and I want it to be distributed carefully throughout the quilt top.

You may be wondering, how I managed to get any sewing time in, since I have been singing loudly about how busy I am. Well, here's what happened yesterday. I had Eva for the day, and she wanted to invite her bestie over for a play date. They occupied themselves brilliantly all day, doing a complicated project that involved cardboard boxes, fabric scraps, and a glue gun. Honestly, they took over the kitchen counter and collaborated on this activity all day long. 

Since they were working adjacent to my little desk/work area, I really couldn't concentrate on doing my writing job. So I went upstairs and sewed!  Win win. 

Comments

[Stephani in N. TX]

Loving the quilt creations you have going. Nothing like being sent to your sewing room.

[Jan]

I like the new block at the top. I'm not sure if I've ever seen one like that before. How nice that Eva is now old enough to work on projects with a friend & not require your total focus! Sew on!

[Mary Kastner]

Looking good! You certainly got a lot done. I promised myself an hour to go into my sewing room and get organized today. It will be a start, have a great day Nicole!

Mary

[CarolE]

I agree with you on adding more pops of the dark blue. I finally made a design wall, and it is so much better than looking at blocks laid out on the floor!

[Lisa D.]

I love how your blocks are coming together!

[Ina]

I love those colors...glad the kids could entertain themselves. ;p

[Carol]

What do you do with the blocks you no longer want? Just curious— once I have spent time on blocks, I’m extremely reluctant to cast them aside!