Pat Sloan 10 year FB group anniversary block

>> Wednesday, January 3, 2024

 I could have also called this post - First Squirrel of 2024! LOL



I made a change in my sewing room - I moved my cutting table in front of the patio doors and now I can stand at my design wall! It feels wonderful.

I watched Pat Sloan's video today and it is her 10th anniversary of her group on Facebook. Yay Pat! I met a great group of quilters that I still chat with on her previous Quilt Mashup forum. And Pat being Pat, she designed a quilt block to celebrate. 

And me being me, I jumped right in!




I decided to challenge myself using my little stack of Alison Glass fabrics for this one large block.



I fussy cut a circle print for the middle of the star block.



Then I fussy cut this strip of fabric to take the floral print area to make squares for the star points.



I had to use every last piece of this fabric to make enough squares! I pieced 3 bits together to make one square.  



Here is my center block. Pat used a stripe where my turquoise blue is and that's how I started; I put the stripe print as the corners then had difficulty figuring out what would work for the background. I went for a coffee break and decided I would switch the stripe print to the background print. It works so much better! 



So, taking breaks when making fabric placement decisions is a good idea!




I was able to use this leftover backing strip to make the border squares - I've been waiting for the right project for this fabric!

 



I decided to use 6 different fabrics for the alternating squares to make this a really fun rainbow effect.


Here's a photo of me using my design wall to plan out the placement of the squares. I'm smiling!
But I noticed the beautiful burgundy fabric looks really dull in this photo.


So I went and got a lamp! It's feeling good, bright and cozy in here now.



Here's a photo with the lamp on. Better. 



Here's my finished block. I'm so happy that I took the time to make this block. I'm also planning to quilt this to have it finished for my January guild meeting - because I really don't want to make any UFOs this year!


You can find Pat's anniversary block on her blog post - Month long Celebration



Have you found a 'squirrel' yet this year?




With Joy,

Sarah V.

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