SAHRR 2026 begins today. I thought I had just the right starter block but I'm having second thoughts....I'll make the decision by Friday. Come back to see what I choose!
Meanwhile..... I've made nine Trip Around the World blocks. I'm using batiks so that though there are many colors there's some genre uniformity.
I found two tutorials, one with five fabrics and one with four fabrics. Both involve sewing strips and making a tube, slicing the tube, then unpicking the seam to create the stepped effect. Five-fabric is somewhat livelier but trickier to piece. The four-fabric is easier. It takes a couple of tries to get the hang of which seam to unpick.
They are 9-1/2" unfinished. They'll be finished individually as table mats or mug rugs. 
When I pulled out the batik FQ/chunks bins they kind of exploded.....
I don't have a lot of Kaffe fabric and it seems the designs are getting simpler as the prints get wilder* but the photo shoot scenes are so gorgeous!
*The London book has the disclaimer that for designs worked in different colorways they only quilted the 'primary' quilt. The others were photographed as flimsies. Seems like a cop-out to me....
Linking up with Wednesday Wait Loss and checking out all the posts for Jennifer's latest blog hop.
wow great idea for those batiks...but oh tiny pieces! i have a few kaffe books, seen the rest thru library...even one book gives plenty of ideas...lol
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