Block Party #3: Wonky & Straight go the full 12 rounds!

 

The block is "Pieced Raimon (Spiral)" from Susan Briscoe's Japanese Quilt Blocks to Mix and Match (a book I just love!), scaled down a smidge to 8" finished and paper-pieced. Structurally, it's a plain old Courthouse Steps, although it looks more exotic because of the fabric layout. The red check is printed on the square, so I sliced the strips at varying angles for each round to force some contrast between the regularity of the block and the created wonkiness of the fabric.

This is actually the third version of this block I've made. The first one was a scrappy "proof of concept", and I meant the second to be my entry, but I just didn't love it (I'll post a pic of that one separately so as not to confuse the entry.) I found some nice oriental fabric, and a solid that coordinated, but somehow, it wasn't grabbing me. I'm still not sure why -- need to ponder some more on that.

Block Party #2 - Black & White

I went back and forth on whether to put this in the Traditional or Modern category, but ultimately picked modern due to the color scheme and also because the block is my own design. It's definitely traditional-looking, but I haven't seen it anywhere else, so I'm planting a flag in the ground & calling it "Cathy's Toad", since it's sort of a cross between "Cathy's Campfire" and "Toad in the Puddle."

Paper-pieced, 6" finished.

Quilt Story: Fabric Tuesday #22 / Block Party

Update on Feb. 6: This is now my first entry for Quilt Story's Block Party!

Linking to Fabric Story's Fabric Tuesday for the first time, with this block that I made over the weekend:



The origami flower in the center is from Rebecca Wat's Fantastic Fabric Folding, but the overall block design is mine (although obviously traditional). Batiks are from Connecting Threads, and finished size is 6".

Hot off the presses!

 
Lookit what I made! (More details later -- off to buy more fabric before LQS closes.)