Block Studies Collective | Crosswalk

After enjoying the last season of Tara Faughnan's @tarafaughnan Block Studies Collective, I was already planning on signing up for the current season three. It's a six-month membership in its third season (I didn't participate in the first), that begins with a palette and a block to focus on for the month. This month is Crosswalk, with the palette shown below. Actually, this is the Kona version of the palette; Tara's official palette is a mix of solid brands, and I'll order that a time or two, but this time I ordered on my own.

Truth is, you don't need much fabric for these studies, so I think next month I'll work from stash, but it is always extra fun working with one of Tara's palettes. That said, I didn't use quite all of it in this little (10" x 12") study.

As I'm writing this, hubby asked me what I made this piece for, and I told him about BSC, a monthly prompt and palette, and that what it basically boils down to is play. I made it just for fun, and in that spirit, I decided to go ahead and hand-quilt it. I used a batting sample that ended up being puffier than I like (no offense!), but as advertised, it was easy to quilt through. I used Wonderful Spagetti 12wt [SP35-Coral], which I've really come to like for hand-quilting.

So that was an enjoyable little interlude. I'd planned on trying more variations of the block, but other things are calling to me. So it's back to some machine-quilting on a much larger project. I've got hours yet to go.