This month Ara Jane was the designer of the Love circle of the Do. Good Stitches quilt. She chose to have us make improvisationally pieced blocks using pinks, yellows, browns, and tans. I love making improv blocks (like I did for the scrappy greens quilt), and this past weekend I made these:
And then, to follow it up, I decided to work on the blocks I needed to make for the Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild. We received some of Jay McCarroll’s Habitat fabric, and we decided that everyone would make as many 12.5 inch square blocks as we can to put together into some quilts for charity. We could use any style we wanted for the blocks, and I decided to stick with the improv style. I felt it went really well with the colors and patterns of the fabric.
I was able to get quite a few blocks out of my stack of fabric!
Love all your blocks! The Habitat really does shine in your blocks. I wish I could figure out improve quilting but it never clicks for me… maybe I just over think or something.
I love the Habitat line, but wasn’t sure what type of quilt would suit the uniqueness of this fabric. Your improv blocks are perfect for it! I’d love to see the finished quilt.
Lovely blocks! I would never have thought of pink, yellow, brown and tan together but it works beautifully.
I so love improv piecing! Your Habitat blocks are perfect. What a great technique for that fabric!