I found out the other day that "V" of the BUMBLE BEANS blog is collecting house blocks to make a quilt that will be auctioned off to benefit a program for homeless people in her area...trying to get them back into their houses. If you click on her blog name (above), you will see her post and she has a block there if you wish to make one and send it to her. This is the block I made that will be going in the mail to her today. I varied it ever so slightly from hers, but that is fine by her...as long as the block is 10 1/2 inches when it is sent to her and as long as there are no "wonky" houses.
The next picture is of my block #4 in the Jelly Roll Quilt-Along. I know many of you are doing
that project, too. I have decided that I am probably not putting my blocks together in the same order in which I am making them.......will wait and see which ones look best next to each other before I decide on my layout (even though Konda shows them all going in sewing order on her first blog post about the quilt-along). I'm happy with how this one turned out.....but it is much darker, overall, than the other 3 blocks. I think since my jelly roll has many more lights and mediums than darks, I will have to space my blocks with dark fabric around in a way that looks best. It is fun to do this at the rate of just one block every two weeks!
16 comments:
Oh it came out pretty!
Are you getting the chill back in the air??
Very nice....Jo club is making houses for next month's meeting.
I love the motivation behind the house blocks. It's for such a good cause!
Pat, I used the dark for the "center" pieces on my Quilt a long block. Yeah, that is one problem with jelly rolls, the blend of lights, mediums and darks is not always good.
Love the colors in the #4 Block
Love both blocks Pat (just about have my house blocks done).
Crispy
Love both of your blocks! The house blocks are such a wonderful thing to do. I love V's collection! I will be doing a lot of the quilting on those quilts and am looking forward to my contribution.
Love both of your blocks. I haven't kept up with the Jelly Roll quilt along - I hadn't picked a background. I should get back to it. The house is so cute.
Great blocks!
Your blocks are great....I need some scraps....hummmmm looks like I need to make some (no problem)....
Your Jelly Rolly block 4 looks great....I love those colors and there's that touch of green in the leaves.
Hi Pat, Got to your blog by accident, I have a place in Bethany Beach but not ready to retire there, yet!! Also doing the jelly roll quilt along. Sandy
I like your title! got scraps - make a house! :) Beautiful blocks!
Happy sewing!
Like your house, I am going to try to get a house made, thanks for the link.
Your jelly roll block looks good. I knhow what you mean about the mix of dark, medium and lights. happy stitching
I'm going to look at the house pattern, yours got me interested!
I love house blocks. I just love making them. They are fun.
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