Shapes

Well Leanne/@shecanquilt's Bee Sewcial prompt this month turned out to be a really fun one for me. A celebration of shapes, reading 'cool' palette-wise, though we had the freedom to use all of the colors, just no neutrals like whites, blacks, greys, or browns.

For the first block, I was thinking of rectangles, and used the stack-and-whack method to create a mass of them. I added just a little off-centered 'filler' for some added interest, and trimmed it to finish at 12" x 14 3/4".

For the second block, I had a false start.... I started piecing some scrappy diamonds and they just weren't speaking to me. So I set then aside and pulled a handful of solids from stash, mostly cool colors of course, with a few warms as accents. I had the idea to make a good-size hexagon, though I thought I should 'fill' it with something interesting, which of course led me to some improv stripes. After making a big slab of them, I cut it into 1/8s and shuffled things around. I added in some extra bits just for an added visual, and that was especially fun.

I almost left the hexie as it was, since Leanne said we could do that, but I really wanted to pull some of the color out and and incorporate more 'cool.' Adding a 'border' was a little tricky, since I chose to use a couple of y-seams, but the effect turned out just as I'd hoped. Once I trimmed off the ragged edges, it finished at 13" x 15".

So that's it for me and Bee Sewcial this year. We have November and December 'off,' but I'll be back at some point to do a little round up. Until then....