Do you like to do block of the month projects? I’ve done a few quilt alongs and they are very similar—a quilt along lasts for a few weeks or maybe months whereas a block of the month lasts for an entire year.
This year I wanted to use up some fat quarter bundles that have been sitting on my shelves for waaaaay too long, so I joined a few QALs and BOMs that started this January.
Here are my first two blocks. I am using a fat quarter bundle from Pink Chalk Fabrics called Hot Summer Nights. My original idea was to do one block in warm colors and one in cool (since you make two blocks of each design), but picking the cool fabrics was getting to be a bit overwhelming for me. Choosing color is my biggest challenge in quilting. To have enough fabric to complete the larger sized quilt, I added a few fat quarters from my stash.
The background fabric is a new Kona color called Biscuit.
Are you doing any BOMs this year?
Very pretty blocks! I'm doing the Sugar Block Club this year and also need to start/finish the Craftsy block of the month from last year, and also finish the Beginner's BOM that I started last year. Oh, and I think I signed up for Craftsy BOM for this year!!
ReplyDeleteWow! I love those blocks! Those colours are fabulous!! I've never done a BOM, I worry that I'd lose interest and never finish. I should try one one day. That biscuit colour is a winner!!
ReplyDeleteThose blocks are awesome! I'm only doing the FQS Designer Mystery BOM this year. Although I've been going back and forth in my mind on a couple of other BOMs and QALs... I have a bit of a commitment problem. :-)
ReplyDeleteHot Summer Nights---oooh that is VERY nice!!! The color combinations are terrific.
ReplyDeleteI am sending out your book tomorrow:)
Pretty!
ReplyDeleteI´ve never done a BOM but I imagine it as something nice to look foreward to every month.
Your colors remind me of a basket full of ripe autumn fruits, apples, carrots, oranges and aubergines. I think it was difficult for you to divide them in warm and cool colors because all the colors you have chosen are rather warm already-therefor they work so great together. Even the purple (as far as I can tell from my computer screen) tends towards the red side (and is therefor a warmer purple) while a more bluish purple would feel cooler.
As a rule of thumb: redish undertone --> warm, bluish undertone --> cooler. Imagine a painter´s palette then it´s easy: if you mix a little red in a basic yellow it will create a warmer orangish tone, when you mix a little blue in a basic yellow it will create a greenish yellow that looks cooler than the first.
Pretty!
ReplyDeleteI´ve never done a BOM but I imagine it as something nice to look foreward to every month.
Your colors remind me of a basket full of ripe autumn fruits, apples, carrots, oranges and aubergines. I think it was difficult for you to divide them in warm and cool colors because all the colors you have chosen are rather warm already-therefor they work so great together. Even the purple (as far as I can tell from my computer screen) tends towards the red side (and is therefor a warmer purple) while a more bluish purple would feel cooler.
As a rule of thumb: redish undertone --> warm, bluish undertone --> cooler. Imagine a painter´s palette then it´s easy: if you mix a little red in a basic yellow it will create a warmer orangish tone, when you mix a little blue in a basic yellow it will create a greenish yellow that looks cooler than the first.
The two blocks really pop when placed against each other don't they? I may start two new bom in Feb. BOM are nice as you do a little each month. Just don't get behind then they can be a drag. lol!
ReplyDeleteI haven't done a BOM for a while. Yours looks GREAT.
ReplyDeleteHugs
donna