Building Blocks

Hello everyone!  It was another lovely fall day here in Calgary, bright sky, cool wind, and a touch of frost in the morning.  A perfect day to snuggle up in a quilt with a good book - if only I had a good book!  Or, a perfect day to go out and try something new, like painting pottery.  I spent a few hours this afternoon at the local pottery studio with a friend. I am trying to take one day a week to do something new or different.  I call it an artist's date, for those of you who are familiar with Julia Cameron's 'The Artist's Way.'  There are many who credit this book with helping them overcome self-doubt in their artistic pursuits.  I read it years ago and the one thing I truly enjoyed was the idea of the artist's date.

Anyhoo....I made some progress on my latest project today.  It is meant to be a lap quilt, so will not be too large and should not take too long to put together.

Enjoy!
Mary-Frances


A group of strips sewn together.  I cut them 3.5 inches wide and was able to get 5 segments from each (and a little left over for my scrap basket).

 

Each strip was sewn to a chocolate brown rectangle.  I refer to them as building blocks.



The colours are brighter than they appear in the photos, but here you get a sense of the variety and the way the colours work together.