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Three years ago I took a break from online quilt bees. And honestly, I've missed it. A couple months ago I reached out to friends in The Solid Seven quilt bee on Instagram and I was immediately welcomed into the group. A couple members are women who were in the bee with me back in 2015-2016. It's fun to be sewing for quilty friends again.

October Blocks

In October Ellyn asked for 70's inspired blocks in a rainbow palette. I immediately chose to make a cassette block from the Quilt Hits Vol. 1 paper pieced pattern by Projektownia Jednoiglec. The cassette tape on my block is about 9" across, so I think the block finished a little larger than 13" x 13".

I thought about other options for a long time until I landed on the idea of making a Mork from Ork block. As a child in the 80's the majority of time was spent watching TV, and I loved Mork and Mindy. I guess that show was my introduction to Robin Williams. What a fabulous actor! I used the Paper Pieced Children block by @saphre1964 and @southbaybella as a starting point and edited to add details. There's a bit of top stitching on the shoulders and the triangle. This block is about 10" x 13".

 

November Blocks

In November, EA gave us the palette of Kona Breakers, Robin Egg, Regal, Pomegranate, and Salmon and her design inspiration is this quilt from Jeni Baker. I thought I'd do some improv piecing, but actually started with the two 12" snails trail blocks, using the Fat Quarter Shop block pattern. Then I improv pieced the strips in the panel on the left. And I was still itching to make some improv flying geese, so I made those next. And I just couldn't stop so I improv pieced some of my scraps for EA to use as filler. :-)

 

December Blocks

This month we're making some fun sunrise/sunset inspired blocks. I'll share those with you later this month. :-)

 

I'm participating in the 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge with Cheryl of muppin.com.

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For the third year in a row I'm participating in Cheryl Sleboda's annual 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge. I'll be sharing about a variety of topics including color inspiration, what I'm working on, organizational tips, and quilting tutorials. What would you like to read about? Leave a comment or email me to let me know what you'd like to see this month!

If you're new to my blog, here's a little bit about me. I am a former middle school math teacher and current traveling quilt teacher based in San Jose, CA. I love bold, saturated color in quilting and in life. My quilting style is varied, but my current workshops are planned improv technique based classes. I have two kids (ages 7 and 9) who both quilt and a husband who doesn't. ;-) When I'm not quilting or designing, I enjoy reading mysteries and playing board games. Our current favorite games include Pandemic, Puerto Rico, and Splendor. If you want to keep up with me, please sign up for my newsletter.

Visit Cheryl's blog for the list of optional prompts and the linkup with participating bloggers.

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Last year I participated for the first time in Cheryl's 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge in December. I had a great time participating, and I've decided to join in again this year. Like last year, there will be a mixture of projects, tips, tutorials, and general musings. If there's anything specific you'd like to see from me this month, please leave a comment below! If you're new to my blog, I just updated my 2018 Gallery with my 31st finish of the year.

Check out the other participants in this year's challenge over on Cheryl's blog.

Thanks for visiting! Today was brought to you by the number 31. ;-)