Hello all!
Did you know that there is a monthly color challenge hosted by Patterns By Jen?
It’s totally okay if you didn’t, because you know now! Every month Jen will release a free block pattern download in a specific color. This year’s colors are spice inspired!
For April, we are looking at Nigella Seeds and the color black.
I had some black Kona Sheen fabric in my stash and a nice grey to go with it. I hope the sheen shines in these photos for you, it’s hard to capture.
This block is a great way to learn how to spin your seams. It helps decrease the bulk in the seam allowances.
Here is a great tutorial on spinning seams.
When it comes to my quilts, black is either featured or not in there at all. I don’t know why, I just did a look back at my quilts to see where I used it and that’s what I found.
It is featured in my improv piece, Glitch. This actually started out where the quilt colorway was the strips of color you see in here and then flipped to black and white with the colors as accents.
This is Focus, an honorable mention winner from the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show. It is all black and white.
Check out these bloggers who are also working on the April monthly color challenge!
