Inching Forward

 Block 9.

Block 10.  Okay, I think I have used "put the purple Kaffe circles in the corners" idea a few too many times. 

Meanwhile, a lot of today was spent thinking about "what could go wrong" scenarios for Molly's vet visit (here, at home) on Monday. But that is moving into TediousLament territory.

Presenting #8

 And here is the eighth block from Tula's Modern Quilt Block book. 

As I am making blocks from my current stash, some of my future stash is taking a vacation in Puerto Rico. In October, I ordered some fabric from a shop in New York. (For those who would question why I might be buying any more fabric in this lifetime, please see the lengthy soul searching introspection in my other blog TediousLaments.) The package's travel itinerary showed it left New York and had settled in New Jersey. I filled out an online form asking USPS when my package would be coming home and they said they would get back to me in 3 days. Instead, the log of the package showed that it arrived in Puerto Rico on Nov 3 and then moved to another spot in Puerto Rico the next day. At this point I am assuming the package is looking for a location with a weather delay.

Another two blocks?

 Here is Tula Pink block 7. 

And here is block 8. It looks like we have an orange and teal theme plus one repeat fabric.

As I am typing this, my super intelligence agent is alerting me to a crisis and the warnings are getting louder and louder. I apologize for my jaded outlook, and I really should heed blaring alarms, but I suspect that "the fix" entails me swinging a stick and string with a fuzzy toy worm or mouse attached.

Two Blocks!

 Here's Block 4. I think we may have disturbed a tiger.

And just to cause a bit of confusion, here's Block 5. Looks a lot like Block 2. Oops.

Almost a potholder

 Here is the third Tula block. They are 6.5 inches unfinished and 6 inches finished.

As mentioned in yesterday's post, it is important to make blocks with a harmonious color story and also to avoid having one color dominate or another color look out of place. To ensure the blocks go well together, it is important to sort the fabrics by color, and then within each color, sort them by novelty, multicolor/busy, and "solid" where we mean an interesting print that reads as a single color.

Here's a view of the top of my bin.

Two in a Row

 Here is Tula block number two.  My approach to this was to take a set of Ruby Star Society fabric and then grab stuff out of my stash that can be in the same room without offending anyone.  In this case, the Ruby Star fabric is the pink and teal with black in the first row of the log cabin. I now have a bin that holds the fabric to pick from. At this point, I'm not trying to go in any color direction, I just want to make fun blocks. (Remember this when I complain later that the blocks are not going together well and I need to make new blocks or a different quilt.)

Here is another quilt from the Clark County 2026 quilt show. This is Solarium by Linda Burrell. This is one of my favorites from the show...such a nice selection of colors and the background sits nicely behind the stars without being too subdued.

This quilt, Wonderbirds by Ada Levins, was one of the funniest. When I first looked at it I couldn't figure out how the birds were sewn on...they look like AI/photoshop floating in front of the pieced quilt...and then bingo my brain saw the panel that was source of the pieced one block wonders surrounding it. Cutting up six panels of birds must have gotten a bit loud and gruesome. 

Reentry

 This is the first block in Tula Pink's book of 100 modern blocks. I was reminded of this potential project when I saw Anne Gillihan's micro version of the quilt at the Clark County Quiltfest. In an attempt to prevent another long lapse in posting, I am going to be making and showing a new Tula block every day for 100 days ( or until I don't...probably...)

I have shown this quilt on this blog before from an earlier Clark County show, but this year Anne Gillihan was the featured artist...I mean...the astounding featured artist.

Another quilt at the show was a spool charm quilt where each of the spools was made with a different fabric. This quilt won a viewer's choice award because quilters' are apparently attracted to insanity. The judge did not give it an award because she could see the back.

The seahorse quilt also made its debut at the show.