February block for 2020 Color Challenge

I didn't have to go to work this morning, so I took the opportunity to do some cleaning up in my sewing room, plus I made the February block for Patterns by Jen's 2020 Color Challenge. 

Isn't this pretty?  I am loving doing my blocks with a black background!  I did a lot of tidying up in my Island Batik scraps while finding just the right light aqua for my block.  This block had a lot of triangles in it.  When you are making triangles out of squares by sewing on both sides of a drawn line, I like to leave them all stitched together, you can really zoom through sewing the second line this way!

The great thing about using this method is that your triangles are all perfectly sized after you trim them up, so they sew together perfectly!  I loved how all the points matched in my finished block!

If you want to join in, go visit Jen's post.  You'll find all the information you need there.  So fun! 

And don't forget to check out the posts for the Log Cabin Blog Hop today featuring the Bloomer collection.  They are absolutely wonderful!

Joanne Hart

Jennifer Thomas

Color Challenge 2020

I couldn't resist joining in on Jen's Color Challenge 2020, especially since I am so in love with my finished top for 2019 - it is absolutely one of my favorite quilts I have ever made!  It is so gorgeous, and I have just been admiring it on my design wall since I finished it.  (Ignore the pile at the bottom!)

  I even found the best backing fabric for it - isn't this soo perfect?

For this year's color challenge the theme is birds.  Maybe I need to keep my eye out for a beautiful bird print to back this one?

January's bird is the American Gold Finch.  Here is Jen's blop post with the link to the pattern. Very cute little bird, and a lovely shade of yellow!  I decided to go with a black background for my blocks this year and am going to use Island Batik fabrics for this one as well since I just had more black added to my stash of goodies.  I have plenty of scraps to choose from for each month's color as well, so I know it'll make a great quilt.

January's block was a piece of cake - strip piecing, my favorite!  I did have one row that needed to be un-stitched and resewn because the corners didn't meet very well, but that was just me being in a rush to get it done. 

You still have today to get your block pattern for free and enter the link up to be eligible for a quarterly prize drawing!  Thanks Jen, for another great year of fun blocks!