Keeping up with the Blockheads

On By wanderingcatyarns

By the time the weekend rolled around, we were once again a couple blocks behind on our Blockhead sampler.

I’d intended to do one the weekend before, but Burton’s poppy top took longer than I’d planned. So nothing to do but get to it on Sunday.

Block number 8 had lots of little pieces (and this is the 12″ block – I can’t imagine doing the 6″) but I managed and it is a very nice result. I’m loving the challenge of only using two fabrics. It really makes you look at the blocks differently. You can see the designers original vision here.

Block number 9 was another paper pieced block. And oh my goodness! I loved it! But I’ve never paper-pieced and I’m not going to lie, none of it makes sense to me. After Christmas, Mom’s going to give me a tutorial. But for now I needed a block….

So I substituted a Friendship star with a little extra twist. I think it turned out pretty darn good.

And both blocks look fabulous when put with all the others. There are three more blocks to come for this first part. (There are more blocks after Christmas, but it’s essentially a separate project.

I’ve already decided I’m going to lay this out nice and simple – white sashing and red cornerstones. It’s going to be a nice little lap quilt – stunning in its simplicity.

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