I was so happy that Alissa and Kristen invited me to join their virtual quilting bee, Block Party!
The first month's blocks are for Alissa and she sent us fabrics in chocolate, light blue and orange. She invited us to add our own fabrics too, so I added some white solid, the zebra Mod Girls print and a little tiny bit of an orange solid. (I have to admit that I'm a little nervous about adding the zebra to someone else's quilt, but I just loved the way it looked with the other fabrics.)
These blocks were challenging for me because I don't usually do improvisational or wonky piecing. I'm also accustomed to pressing all of my seams open, which is pretty much impossible to do with this kind of layout. In the end, though, I'm pretty happy with the blocks.
Alissa said she was going to use white sashing, so I thought it would be interesting to make a block that was really like four little blocks clustered together. I kind of offset them with the white sashing so, hopefully, once they're pieced together, they'll look a little like they're floating.
You can see the other blocks that have been made so far here.
I love love love the zebra fabric!
Posted by: Cami | January 21, 2009 at 02:56 PM
For someone who does n't usually improvise these are really exceptional. I love them. I can't wait to see how the complete quilt turns out. Cherrie
Posted by: cherrie | January 21, 2009 at 03:15 PM
I've been lusting after that zebra print on ebay, but I currently have a soft freeze in place on new fabric acquisitions. I have bunches to use up first. It really looks wonderful in the blocks though. I almost always have some sort of stripe in my quilts, and the zebra works really well in that capacity. Nice!
Posted by: Kat | January 21, 2009 at 03:25 PM
wow!! you did such a great job!! i think the floating blocks will look fantastic!! love the idea! i joined project improv and will be doing my first imporv quilt!! i've only done straight lines so far so am excited to try the wonkey log cabin!
Posted by: kerri | January 21, 2009 at 03:59 PM
They are beautiful! I love the zebra throw in too!
Posted by: Allison Anderson | January 21, 2009 at 04:35 PM
Love the zebra fabric! So whimsical.
Posted by: anina | January 21, 2009 at 04:41 PM
Beautiful blocks. They will work so well with the other blocks made. It's going to be an awesome quilt.
Lucky Alissa.
Andi :-)
Posted by: Andi | January 21, 2009 at 04:51 PM
I love these blocks, the colors are great!
Posted by: Liz Taylor | January 21, 2009 at 05:41 PM
i love these! so fun.
Posted by: katie | January 21, 2009 at 05:51 PM
Hi Elizabeth ! I love your blog and patterns and visit often. I also finally got around to making your Margaret bag, which I have been wanting to do for ages - posted about here - http://alittlebirdtoldmeso.blogspot.com/
Thank you for such an awesome pattern. I found it very easy to follow and love the end result :)
Posted by: Katie | January 21, 2009 at 06:47 PM
I love how you did your blocks with Alissa's fabrics! And I love the fabrics you added - I think that zebra fabric looks fabulous. What a fun project to be a part of.
Posted by: Terriaw | January 21, 2009 at 07:19 PM
These are gorgeous!
Posted by: gardenymph | January 21, 2009 at 07:20 PM
The orange fabric is the one that really caught my eye! Great work as usual!
Posted by: Carolyn | January 22, 2009 at 06:57 AM
Oh my gosh!!! I love it! Good job on the wonky business:>)! It looks really great and I would be proud to have that in my home. The zebra fabric looks great and she will love it!
Posted by: Laurie | January 22, 2009 at 09:02 AM
Absolutely gorgeous! This is a fantastic collabarative project and it is so fun to see what you all do!
~Emily
Posted by: Emily Moss | January 22, 2009 at 09:42 AM
Ooooh, they're fabulous!
Posted by: Amy | January 22, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Can you tell me where you got that orange fabric? I'm making a quilt for my baby due in June and I can't get that fabric out of my head!!
Posted by: Morgan | February 08, 2010 at 11:33 AM