Thursday, October 23, 2025

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.

8 comments:

  1. I missed the announcement of Series 3, but it looks like fun! Her color palettes are so good! I enjoy 12 wt thread for hand stitching more than any other thread, I think!

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  2. This is one of the very few most interesting blogs I read. Many others seem to exist to sell me something, instead of sharing what they're doing with quilting. Thanks so much!

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    1. Thanks for your kind words, Kathryn, and you are very welcome! Glad you enjoy A Quilter's Table. If you don't already subscribe, you might enjoy my newsletter too, The Scrap Basket. You can subscribe up in the right-hand side bar if you want to check it out.

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  3. This is very fun! and fun to hand quilt a little piece, I've been doing lots of that lately too

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  4. Cute, cute, cute! Love your colors, and that hand quilting is the perfect addition to it. A group of us were just talking about Tara's collective, and the cost of online BOMs and workshops. For quiltmaking instructors, it must be more lucrative to teach online than to an in-person guild/chapter. Our MQG chapter, with a small budget, has quickly come to the conclusion that higher prices being charged by quiltmaking instructors is making it nearly impossible to come up with novel programs and workshops for our members.

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  5. gorgeous!!! love the hand-quilting. it's nice to have a range of sizes of projects so you can do a bit of hand quilting sometimes without committing to a Whole Thing. thanks for sharing!

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    1. Thank you! I agree about the sizes. It makes it more doable to squeeze in with other projects in the works.

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  6. A batting that is easy to hand quilt is worth noting for future reference! A fun little study piece, and I really like how the quilting lines appear to be different colors based on the fabric color it is on top of.

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