Spicy Glyphs

My bee mate Irene @hixsonir chose our final Bee Sewcial prompt for the year, "Spicy Glyphs." She gave us 8 unique figures to recreate in warm, spicy colors. 

Irene instructed us to "think cinnamon nutmeg chili ginger mustard saffron turmeric wasabi coffee…." Yummy, right? Figures and grounds could be broken into different colors and values, or be made in just two colors. Here's my first block, 12" x 13". 

My second block measured 11" x 13.5", and I used two shades of ginger/mustard for the figure this time. It's subtle but it's there. With my first block, Irene had commented that she liked that I left some elements edge to edge, so I made sure to do that again in the second block. Gotta say, this second one really challenged me, and I needed my seam ripper more than once. But I like where it ended up, so it was worth it.

So that's the last of my Bee Sewcial blocks for 2024. I'll be back at some point to do a round up of all of the prompts and my responses this year.

October Fabric Usage

After bringing in zero new fabric in September, I had anticipated some new acquisitions in October. So the first handful of prints and a lot of the solids I ended up getting were planned. BUT with an unexpected travel purchase, and joining Tara Faughnan's Block Studies Collective, the purchases added up. I decided to just go for it, hoping this month would be much quieter.

So once the calendar turned to October, I went and chose a few cuts of Night Rainbow by Deborah Fisher @fishmuseum. I'd had my eye on that new line, especially that Boundless Binding in Gingersnap print shown below on the far right. I went ahead and grabbed a coordinating print as well as a pair of tone-on-tone prints, which my stash is currently lacking.

When in Pleasanton CA visiting our son and dil, we went to the Quilt, Craft and Sewing Festival, where I surprisingly saw Paul of Island Quilter @islandquilter. He and his partner Anya have been longtime friends of Seattle MQG, often bringing their mobile store to our retreats.

Of course I had to give them a little business, and purchased half-yard cuts of Alison Glass Topography in four colors, focusing on tone-on-tone prints again.

And then I placed a generous order of solids, both to restock my stash, get several for next month's BSC palette, and a solid necessary to finish my BOM. It is what it is, right?

It added up, no doubt about it. But I very nearly used as much as I brought it. I figure, I'll just keep sewing.

October Fabric Usage

Used up: 13.78 yards [5.66 projects + 8.12 recycled/donated]
Brought in: 17.5 yards 
Net: 3.72 yards