Patches of Destruxion

Hello everybody! Month 9 in the sewalong is already over. It was a deliberately short month, with our host, Naomi, running two short weeks, to make up for the fact that we didn't actually start this on January 1st. So this 'month' was only three weeks long. The colour theme this time was brown, and I made 5 blocks in total. I struggled with this theme, as I don't love the colour brown and don't have a lot of fabrics to choose from. Week 33 was identifiable motifs. I made two blocks. First up, little monster faces! I haven't cut this out of a larger motif - this really is the full motif on the fabric. They look so happy! Secondly, acorns. I picked up this fabric at the Festival of Quilts because I correctly guessed brown was coming up soon as a prompt and I knew I was low on fabrics for it. And these are very brown and autumnal. Week 34 was obscure sections. I made one block. Can you tell what it's from? Here's the full fabric. It's a dinosaur! But wh...

Hello everybody! With the excitement of the Festival of Quilts over, I have been back to my regularly scheduled focus cutting. This past month, the colour has been green, which has been a pretty easy one for me. I made nine blocks in total. I took this on a patch of grass in my garden that is almost always shaded and has therefore managed to just about stay green over the summer. Week 29 was identifiable motifs. I made 3 blocks. First up, house plants. What could be more emblematic of green, than a leafy plant? I like it when I can create a bit of a shape with the identifiable motifs, I like the fanned X-shape created by the leaves here. Second, she sells sea shells on the sea shore. This is an old Tula Pink fabric. The colour is well on the way to being almost more teal/blue than green but the rules here just aren't that precise. And it wouldn't fit on my overflowing blue shelf anyway. And finally, some frolicking horses. On closer inspection, these might possibly be unicorns?...

Hello everybody! It's the end of a very hot and sunny month here in Oxfordshire, and it is once again time to round up the blocks I have been making for the #focuscuttingsewalong. This month our theme has been red. I made 9 blocks in total. Week 17 started up, as always, with identifiable motifs. I made three blocks. First up, deliberately timed for Star Wars day on May 4th, Rey. Getting this one out on Instagram on time is the reason I didn't finish all three identifiable motif blocks together for an outside photo. I have quite a bit of this Force Awakening fabric, so it has featured a lot in my #focuscuttingsewalong blocks. You can see Rey in 2023 ,  2022 , 2021 , 2019 , 2018 and also in the I-Spy Rainbow quilt I am currently finishing off. I did consider arranging these blocks so I had four Reys standind to attention, before settling on this spinning windmill effect. And secondly, with all this lovely weather, strawberry season is nearly upon us. This fabric has several di...

Hello everybody! Another 4 weeks have gone by in the #focuscuttingsewalong, so it is roundup time again. This month our theme was the colour pink. Despite not having that much pink in my stash compared to other colours, I made 10 blocks in total. So here are this month's blocks in detail! Week 13 was identifiable motifs. I made three blocks. I very much have a childhood theme going on here! For the individual pics of these, I decided to take them next to some pink fruit blossom that is coming through in my garden. I am not 100% sure what type of fruit it is, and won't be until I actually see the fruit, but my current best guess for this tree is plum. First up these bears: This fabric is one from my own childhood that my mum gave to me at one point a few years ago. I also have it in blue. I particularly like the bear with the balloons. Next up, Alice in Wonderland. I am a big fan of the Lewis Carroll Alice stories - they will feature again in the blocks this week. For this block...