Sew On The Go by Michelle Renee Hiatt

Sorry all for the delay, it has been a busy week with my Godchild/niece graduating and then driving up to the Vermont Quilt Festival on Thursday!  I love this show. They had a great awards ceremony, it is awesome to see Dave LaValle hand out all those sewing machines to the kids who entered the Children's Category.  Yesterday, I had a great class for Sparkle, Per usually, we had a great time! Today, I'm actually teaching three quilts; Sparkle, Spring Bouquet and Bloom!  It is going to be a busy day.  Then tomorrow, I end with In Flight. So many students came up to me either in Class, at the Preview or at last night's Show and Tell, to tell me what a great time they were having joining in my weekly fun of Timeless with a Twist series!  Many brought their blocks, which I was thrilled to see.    With me busy this week being so busy, and late,  I'm going to give everyone a make-up week.  I know I say this a lot, but this is really one o...

Block 4- Straw Flower - Michelle's Fabric Selection 1 This week's block is the Straw Flower.  I love the flower and I love the block! The Straw Flower block is a variation of the block also known as the Hummingbird or Budding Rose.   This variation, Straw Flower, was in the Birmingham News, in 1932, with credit given to Nancy Page.  Just a few years later, Nancy Page, published a block extremely similar, as the Budding Rose.  The only difference; the Budding Rose used half square triangles in place of the shaded four patches.  I selected the Straw Flower block since I found it to be unusual and very striking. For fabric selection 1; I went with a complementary color plan, selecting purple (15) and a floral with the purple and yellow-green (3). Block 4 - Straw Flower - Michelle's Fabric Selection 2 For fabric selection 2;  I went back to my comfort zone color wise, selecting an analogous color plan using a beautiful blue-green (6) and sele...