Shattered

This month with Tara Faughnan @tarafaughnan and Block Studies Collective was a little different, as we had a guest designer, Jen Carlton-Bailey @bettycrockerass. If you know Jen, you know curves are part of pretty much everything she does. So it was a bit of a surprise that our blocks for this month began with multi-colored HSTs.

Curves were in our future though, and when it came time to cut those, I chose to use Jen's 4.5” single template. I loved that they allowed just a bit of extra leeway for trimming.

THEN it was time to rearrange the blocks to determine a final layout. Unfortunately I didn't take photos of the other arrangements, but in every one, I was definitely trying to lay out similar colors together.

For the backing, I pieced together all the cut-offs from my quarter-circle blocks, then added a couple of fabrics from my original bundle. This was almost as fun as the front!

I chose to straight-line quilt the piece using Aurifil 40wt 1231 [Spring Green], and bound it with a skinny black and white stripe - Tiny Treaters Stripe Charcoal, knowing Jen loves a stripe.  

I thought the small scale and improv nature of this particular stripe suited the piece well. Plus it's a favorite.

My Shattered quilt finished at 12.5" 16.5", and I'm quite taken with it. Both sides. I'm sure glad I took the time to explore this month's prompt, as it was so, so satisfying.