The third block, Southwest Highway, was designed by my Seattle MQG guild-mate Katie/Sew Katie Did, and is the first paper-pieced block of the quilt-along. Inspired by the mountains of New Mexico, I think the block adds some really wonderful contrast to the collection of blocks.
An added bonus of the quilt-along is the weekly tips shared by the co-hosts. For this week, Faith/Fresh Lemons shares a video perfect for beginner paper-piecers, and Lee/Freshly Pieced showed how to make prints appear straight in the finished paper-pieced block - good to keep in mind for future projects.
I've really enjoyed perusing the #summersampler2018 hashtag, and with this week's block, it's awesome seeing so many folks trying paper-piecing for the first time with terrific results. SO cool to have a new tool in the old toolkit.
I agree; I love your palette more each week!
ReplyDeleteI do love the fabrics you've chosen but I'm not sorry I decided to stick to the suggested palette of solids. I'm not particularly skilled and tend to stick to easy stuff but wanted to give myself a little bit of a challenge and I'm pretty sure that's going to happen. :)
ReplyDeleteI really like the color combination you are using for your blocks, great contrast and it really ties them all together.
ReplyDeleteYes, adding mountains into the mix is a good call,
ReplyDeleteAnd the blues for the big sky.
Hopefully back to normal soon!
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