Category: Focus Through The Prism Challenge

june focus through the prism challenge

6/30/2015

Leave it to me to wait until the last minute. I literally started this project yesterday morning and finished it tonight. Lucky for me it's only 20 inches square!

The June Focus Through the Prism challenge block was the Friendship Star. My Cherrywood fabric this month was indigo. This block has meaning to me because this block was my first foray into triangles so many years ago.

I often tell my beginning students that the best way to improve their quilting skills is to try something new on each quilt they make. Often times I don't have the time to do that myself. But for this quilt I took my own advice an I made a facing. I used Susan Brubaker Knapp's awesome instructions.

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May focus through the prism challenge

5/28/2015

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I've officially completed my Focus Through the Prism Challenge for May! The challenge is through Project Quilting and you can read about it here on the Persimon Dreams blog! There's still time to join in the fun; since there are seven months in total.

To join, you buy a special fabric pack from Cherrywood Fabrics based on the ROYGBIV rainbow. Each month a new inspiration block is announced, and you use one of the fabrics from the bundle, as well as any other fabrics you choose, to make a 20" x 20" quilt. You can use whatever fabrics you'd like, but the quilt should read as whatever your Cherrywood fabric choice is.

May's inspiration block is the Monkey Wrench block. It's an old block that has been around a while and is known by many names. I'm calling my quilt, "Monkey Green, Monkey Do." The tiny Monkey Wrench in the middle is embroidered with perle cotton (it's what I happened to have). The square it's in is only one inch by one inch! I also tried matchstick quilting for the first time. Tedious, to be sure, but it was a small quilt and I love the effect.

If you're interested in participating in the challenge, head on over to Kim's blog and check it out!

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Focus through the prism challenge

5/23/2015

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I'm participating in the Focus Through the Prism Challenge featuring Cherrywood Fabrics. It's a seven month challenge and it's based on the ROYGBIV colors -- hence the prism.

Each month features a different block for inspiration. The May block is the monkey wrench block. Here's my top:

It has to be quilted and bound by the end of the month and for some reason I've decided to do matchstick quilting on it. The question is, what color? Any thoughts?

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