Commentary about works in progress, design & creativity
If you put this block in a quilt with the same blocks, you could get some really interesting cross patterns.
This block is suitable for about 5 fabrics. If you did not use the same fabrics in the corners, then you could use more fabrics.
Directions for Corner Squares #48.
If you have made blocks or a quilt from these patterns, please post a link in the comments section of the relevant block or on the AQ Block-a-Long Flickr group. I would love to see what you have made.
iced tea
Tea Party
tea service
tea time
Boston Tea Party
tea chest
herbal tea
silver tea service
tea and crumpets
Imperial Tea Court
tea ceremony
ritual of tea
Lovejoy’s Tea Room, San Francisco
Cuppa
Republic of Tea
Definition: Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself.
After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world.[2] It has a cooling, slightly bitter, astringent flavour which many people enjoy.[3]
The phrase herbal tea usually refers to infusions of fruit or herbs made without the tea plant, such as rosehip tea or chamomile tea. Alternative phrases for this are tisane or herbal infusion, both bearing an implied contrast with “tea” as it is construed here.
tea garden
teapot
teacup
loose tea
tea bag
tea plantation
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I am still on the four patch / squares and rectangles kick. This block is related to the last few blocks.
The the directions for the 4 Patch Rectangle #47 are posted.
If you have made blocks or a quilt from these patterns, please post a link in the comments section of the relevant block or on the AQ Block-a-Long Flickr group. I would love to see what you have made.
I will be wrapping up the Block-a-Long pretty soon.
Try to respond with the first thought that comes to your mind.
Definition: Indigo is a color named after the blue dye derived from the plant Indigofera tinctoria and related species. The color is placed on the electromagnetic spectrum between about 420 and 450 nm in wavelength, placing it between blue and violet. Although traditionally considered one of seven colors of the rainbow or the optical spectrum, modern color scientists do not usually recognize indigo as a separate division and generally classify wavelengths shorter than about 450 nm as violet.[2] Optical scientists Hardy and Perrin list indigo as between 446 and 464 nm wavelength.[3]
The first recorded use of indigo as a color name in English was in 1289.[4]
indigo plantation
indigo children
indigo restaurant in San Francisco
Pokemon Indigo
Macintosh home control server
A chapter in Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
the Indigo Girls
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This is related to last week’s block and would also make a great quilt by turning some of the blocks horizontally.
The maker could also line all the blocks up vertically and have long columns of squares and rectangles.
There are a number of options for laying this block out in a quilt with similar blocks.
The squares included in this design would be a good use for scraps and also for the Leaders and Enders technique.
The directions for this 2 Square Columns block are included.
If you have made blocks or a quilt from these patterns, please post a link in the comments section of the relevant block or on the AQ Block-a-Long Flickr group. I would love to see what you have made.
I am going to wrap up this Block-a-Long pretty soon.
penniless
Broke, New South Wales, Australia
2 Broke Girls – CBS
broke promises
the vase broke
go for broke
dead broke
the couple broke up
broke the news
broke the bank
broke the system
Please post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog, and how your work relates to the other responses.
The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to post your responses. Are you already a member? I created that spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses. Please join and look at all of the great artwork that people have posted.
As I have said many times, there are almost an infinite number of variations that can be created from one block. This is similar to last week’s block.
Again, you probably really only need the sizes to cut to make this block, but I am posting the 2 Columns 2 Split Columns Rectangle directions for your ease.
If you have made blocks or a quilt from these patterns, please post a link in the comments section of the relevant block or on the AQ Block-a-Long Flickr group. I would love to see what you have made.
Restaurant in San Francisco
Dixie Chicks album: Fly
Flying nun
The Fly (movie)
A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don’t slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.
William Lyon Phelps (Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/fly.html#ixzz1nGXxFEeg)
Must fly!
Fly Lady
Definition #1: True flies are insects of the order Diptera (from the Greek di = two, and ptera = wings). They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax. Apart from secondarily flightless insects (including some flies), the only other order of insects with any form of halteres are the Strepsiptera, and theirs are on the mesothorax, with the flight wings on the metathorax.
tent fly
horse fly
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.
Mary Kay Ash (Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/fly.html#ixzz1nGYT26cW)
your fly is open
strength training exercise
a pattern run by a receiver in American football
Please post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog, and how your work relates to the other responses.
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Fly River
HMS Fly
fly ball
how birds move from place to place
on the fly
house fly
aviation
The brand of universal youth fashion culture
fly.twitter.com
high fly ball
Definition #2: (intransitive) To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
As I mentioned, there is no BAMQG meeting for March. We still have blocks to make. I made K, which you know, and L in now done. M and N are April blocks and I will get going on those soon.
In looking at all of the A-B-C challenge blocks on my design wall, I also decided that I needed another block with the same on point symmetry as the Basement Window block.
I don’t know why this block is called Lincoln, but I chose it for my L block, because of the on point symmetry. I, now, only have two of these kinds of blocks and need at least three, so I’ll have to find another one.
I chose the colors, because in looking at the whole group of blocks, I thought that I needed to use more of that light green-y yellow.
There are 33 pieces in this block, in case you were wondering.
I know people were having fits with last week’s block. I heard about it. Did you make it?
I am cutting you some slack this week. 2 Columns-2 Split Columns is another easy block. It would be really effective in a quilt if you made a bunch of them and turned some vertically and some horizontally, Rail Fence fashion. I am really loving rectangles right now, so look for more.
You probably really only need the sizes to cut to make this block, but I am posting the 2 Columns 2 Split Columns directions anyway.
If you have made blocks or a quilt from these patterns, please post a link in the comments section of the relevant block or on the AQ Block-a-Long Flickr group. I would love to see what you have made.
There is no BAMQG meeting for March. We still have blocks to make. K and L are March blocks and M and N are April blocks. I have the K block made and am working on L.
I have all the blocks for the A-B-C challenge on the wall and in looking at them, I decided that I needed a block with another strong diagonal line. I want an uneven number (3 is good) for various elements in the blocks – colors, fabrics, different block elements.
I chose King’s Crown for my K block, because of the strong diagonal line. I am pretty pleased with the colors.
East meets West
The Far East
East Coast
Back East
East Bay
Definition: East s a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. East is one of the four cardinal directions or compass points. It is the opposite of west and is perpendicular to north and south.
East side of town
Eastern seaboard
East Asia
East of the moon
California State University, East Bay
Middle East
East Bay Regional Parks
East Orange
The Ballad of East and West by Rudyard Kipling
Please post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and/or your blog, and how your work relates to the other responses.
The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to post your responses. Are you already a member? I created that spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses. Please join and look at all of the great artwork that people have posted.
I warned you this one would be hard and I wasn’t kidding you. You won’t rip your hair out because of this block. You can do it. I know you can. Think how cool it would be to have said you made this block.
Diagonal Split Nine Patch #43 directions are posted.
If you have made blocks or a quilt from these patterns, please post a link in the comments section of the relevant block or on the AQ Block-a-Long Flickr group. I would love to see what you have made.
One of the struggles I have with these prompts is in what order to draw the lines. I want things that should be in the front not to have lines going through them for things that should be in the back. I often stop and try to figure out what I should draw first. In this case, I got so wrapped up in the zillions of willow leaves that I neglected the proper size of the trunk.
I may work on this one a bit more. It needs a bit of a bank around the pond and many, many more leaves on the tree. Still, I am not unhappy with the drawing.
I am trying to catch up by responding to two prompts a week. It is hard, because I don’t really draw much at home and the Young Man has reduced his appointment schedule (read time for me to sit and read, write letters or draw – no cell phones allowed) to once every other week. I simply cannot do 4 drawings in an hour. I need more time than that. He is getting older and busier, so I can’t blame him for wanting to reduce the schedule, but I do blame him for taking my time away. 😉 I do keep reminding myself that if I had just drawn every week when I posted the prompts, I wouldn’t be in this pickle.
The Creative Prompt Project has a Flickr group, which you can join to post your responses. I created that spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses. Please join and look at all of the great artwork that people have posted. What have you posted recently?
This is kind of a continuation of the dining room group and related to the Birthday prompt. There is something I like about doing similar scenes over and over.
I am trying to keep up, so I didn’t post the original prompt for this word that long ago. Go take a look and see what you can come up with. What do you think about?
The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a Flickr group, which you can join to post your responses. Are you already a member? I created that spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses. Please join and look at all of the great artwork that people have posted.