Hive 2 March Tutorial- Circles of Fun

Hello Hive Mates.  My husband and I purchased our first camper ever, and since he’s restoring a 1967 Chevy pick-up, we selected a vintage style trailer to go with his truck.  We took delivery last fall-- too late to try it out, so it went directly into storage until this Spring.  Since this month marks Spring, I thought it would be fun to make a quilt for the camper.  The idea was easy, but deciding on the block drove me crazy.  I wanted something totally improvised and fun but in colors to match the vintage green theme, and I wanted something easy for you.

You will find the inspiration for this quilt in the finished quilt section on the Stashbee website.  It’s circles.  Take a look.  It's so sweet and whimsical! The instruction was simple.  Make a block of any size  (no bigger than 16.5 ") using low volume fabric as the background and appliqué circles in any order you choose, using any method you choose.  

Here is a sample of the fabrics I pulled that would work.  It’s based on sea foam green (see a small piece of the truck at the top?), and please feel free to use prints with other colors as long as the sea foam shines through too.  I rummaged through my scrap bins and bag of orphan blocks and found a few bits and pieces that will also work.  Anything goes.  You decide, but don't think about it too much.  Just arrange it in way that works for you.  Planned, random...it will all be fun for me to play with.   You can use any decorative stitching you want as well.  I'm going to pull out one of my machines with cams to play a bit myself.

This is a sample of my pulled fabrics and a low volume orphan block I found in my scrap bin, but you can crumb piece a backing, or use blocks, or strips or one piece.  It's up to you.

More rummaging in the scrap bins produced a variety of scraps I will work with.

My finished block.  Looking at a picture of it, you can see that my circles are a bit wonky so don't worry if yours are too.  I am anxious to see what you all come up with.  I am terrible with improvisational piecing.  I actually attended a retreat sponsored by Pink Castle Fabrics in Ann Arbor, Michigan a few years back and had the most anxious weekend learning to let go.  I'm still struggling so this will help push borders for me.

P.S. Sorry for the delay in my post, but I had a heck of a time trying to figure out how to transfer pictures from my ipad to my computer so that I could download them to this post.  Invariably, when you are under a deadline, the software needs updating, and your memory is all used up, and the internet is in and out because everyone in the house is driving their device to the max... and well, you get the picture.  Trials and tribulations of technology in rural northern Wisconsin.  But hey, the sap is running, so we will abandon the technology for a few days and boil sap to make syrup.  Life is good!