Moda Blockheads 6, week 2

Week 2 of Moda Blockheads 6 and we have a beautiful block from Lynne Hagmeier of Kansas Troubles. Meet "Crossroads." 

Summery June brings out those warm sunny colors in my mind. I worked with yellow to orange to red and burgundy. Is the center a bowtie? Or points on arrows? A turning point for a ribbon or line? With the first block I notice the corner triangles on the block a lot. The right one on the top row reminds me of a twist tie or the twisted ends of a wrapped candy. The right one on the second row has 4 arrows meeting in the center. The third row left is almost like horseshoe magnets. It can be a fun play of negative/positive with those horseshoe magnets in the next one. With only two colors, the next one is a strong silhouette. My bottom row uses 4 colors in the quarter square triangle center with more shades of the colors. In a case like this, if I were sewing one of these in Thatched, I'd flip my fabric to the back to get the lighter shade of a color. 

Black and white and grayscale to see them without the color influence. And with the lines, below, to be clear on the piecing. I know with color studies like these, if you want to use them as inspiration, you may have to make some extra pieces to get the color and value differences in the pieces. 

How about the sewn blocks? Well lets add a little Dotty Thatched to some corners in my Popsicle palette.

I'm using 2 blocks in the quilt this week, for each of the two quilts...so that is 4 blocks.

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And same color vibe happening in the Snuggly palette too. Instead of Dotty, I've got the fuchsia in regular Thatched.

I stayed with a more traditional use of color arrangement in the Crossroads block. I'm excited to already have a total of 6 blocks made to be used in my two quilts!

How about you? Are you making multiple blocks? Or one a week is perfect for you? Some weeks are busier in life than others so go at your own pace, be good to yourself, and enjoy the process. Happy sewing my Blockhead friends!