This is my first time participating in a Bee of any kind! It had been a great experience making all your blocks, learning new techniques, and connecting with such a warm and friendly group of quilters.
September is my turn to be the queen! I would like your help in finishing a quilt I started in 2022. I started making blocks from Steph Jacobson's 2021 HST Block of the Month. This was the BOM for my guild for 2022. I have made several blocks but I would like to make a larger quilt than originally planned and most importantly, I would like more variety of fabrics than my stash alone can provide.
Block Pattern: Any block from Steph's 2021 HST Block of the Month. Steph has 16 blocks in the BOM. You can make any one block from this list.
HST Size: Large HSTs in the blocks should be 4" x 4" finished (4.5" x 4.5" unfinished). Small HSTs in the block should be 2" x 2" finished (2.5" x 2.5" unfinished). I am not including a tutorial for making HSTs. There are so many on YouTube and other blog posts. Please let me know if you need a link.
Block Size: Some blocks are 16.5" x 16.5" and some are 12.5" x 16.5". Pick your block.
Fabrics to use:
Color 1 (white in the pattern): Any medium blue solid. My stash mainly has Kona cotton solids. I've used Kona Pacific, Turquoise, Oasis, Water and Paris Blue. Any medium value solid in the blue or turquoise/teal families are good.
Color 2 (black in the pattern) for 4" HSTs: Any low-volume print or blender that mostly reads white. See examples in my block and my sample fabrics. This is where I am looking for a wide variety of fabric for a scrappy but low volume look. Some of them are almost grey and some are blue. That's ok as long as they are low volume. Avoid warm colors like red, pink, green but small amounts of these colors are ok as well. Please don't stress over this. Anything in your stash is good.
Color 2 (black in the pattern) for 2" HSTs: Any fabric - solid, blender, textured or prints that is medium yellow/gold.
I would like a single solid blue but a variety of low-volume white prints. At least 3-4 different fabrics will be great.
Also, in some of my sample blocks, I've (unintentionally) switched color 1 and color 2. If this happens to you, that's ok as well. No need to remake the block :-) Here are some sample blocks:
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