Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The QuiltCon Challenge

I have been mulling over possible block choices for the Modern Quilt Guild block challenge. I drew the first two and sewed them this week. Here are blocks one and two:




In my last post I explained the Modern Quilt Guild's block challenge. You can submit up to three 12 1/2" by any other dimension block, using only the colors in the Guild's logo. I am going to submit a third block which will be more abstract than these. I have a preliminary idea but it needs a little more time to percolate.

These blocks were fun to design. Normally I would not use all solids in a block so I had to step a little out of my comfort zone, but once I got started it was a blast. Now I am looking forward to pushing myself a little further. There have been some beautiful and unusal blocks submitted so far. See them in the Flickr group here http://www.flickr.com/groups/quiltconblockchallenge/.

This is sure to be a very special and unique quilt!

Until next time,
   Joan


2 comments:

  1. love your blocks - especially the first one - it's got fabulous movement - kinda like an optical illusion

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  2. Wow! Both really wonderful blocks!!! I might have to steal the geese one day - wouldn't a bunch of those blocks make an awesome quilt?!

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