I’ve already posted about the first week of the quilt-along, which was focused on strips. Here are my blocks again.
The second week’s suggestion was polygons but not triangles. I found it difficult to like most of my attempts for this, though I did finally use EQ to design a block that I paper pieced. I thought that many of the others lack focus, so there was a lot of cutting up and re-designing. Still not my faves, but here they are:
The third week focused on triangles. I still did much of my cutting without a ruler, but I stuck to simpler designs and I’m much happier with this collection of blocks.
The quilt-along is called “30 Days of Improv” so we’re only about half way through. Here’s a link to the first post for the QAL if you want to join in. I’m looking forward to next week’s prompts.
Zippy Quilts 
It’s gonna be great! I thought the stripes week was fun; the polygon week was challenging; and the triangles week was the best fun. Learning to cut imprecisely, let alone learning to cut wonky, is more than challenging, especially for those of us – I think we’re alike in this regard – who come from a traditional quiltmaking background. It’s tough to give up preciseness and exactness, and just cut loose! This 30 days has been a healthy dose of “different” to my quiltmaking diet.
I’ve enjoyed it, too. Glad you put me onto it 🙂
I love your strong and bold designs, especially the triangle block that has 3 large triangles, and then the black and orange one that is divided in two. And I love the little triangles in the black and white print you are using.
Thanks! Now the question of what to do with these blocks…
Your color choices are so brilliant. I plan to copy your palette someday 🙂
The blocks are amazing, what a piece it is going to be! I want it in my house (send it over when you are done with it – ha!)
Feel free to copy my palette! The hardest thing to find is a good coral/orange. This one is Michael Miller Cotton Couture, color Clementine. The cotton couture is great to work with for art or improv quilts because it is a fine weave that doesn’t have as much bulk as some other solids.
Oh that’s why the texture of the fabric looks so yummy too!
Brave and bold
Thanks! Now what to do with the blocks…
Love it so far. The black and white print makes the total effect stunning! Sounds like a fun challenge.
Thanks! It was fun 🙂
I’ve seen a few working on this improv challenge–I think your blocks are outstanding and perhaps it’s this color palette. Bravo to you for trying to figure this out. Like Claire, I love those black-and-white details.
Thanks, Elizabeth. Now to put them into a quilt…