The Goth Quilter

 I've been trying to make lots of fun hand sewn hexagon blocks to add to Riley's quilt. I started out by sorting the duplicate blocks from the charm pack and putting them to the side. I wanted at least one of each print in the quilt relatively untouched. Then I use the duplicates for my hand sewn extra special blocks.  Most of the blocks are cut out randomly, but for a few of the blocks I am fussy cutting. Fussy cutting is really difficult when you are using charm packs lol. I would not do this again, partially because of fabric waste but mostly because it's hard to get 6 identical prints in a 5x5 inch square. I am saving the extra fabric scraps, but they are pretty tiny I don't yet know if I can use them. Here, I've had to use two charm packs to fussy cut the right number of bees. I was nervous that using just grey tones would be boring, but the end result turned out quite charming in my opinion. They remind me of a circus. If I had more of ...

This is my first post as the goth quilter and I've got to say I'm probably really letting my name down. I promise my other works in progress are a lot more goth! I've decided to go ahead posting this quite cheery quilt though because I'm spending a lot of time on it, and I have the most progress to show for it right now. The quilt I'm working on is called Riley's Quilt. Which means I've started yet another quilt before finishing the previous ones. Oops. My Moncarrapacho and skull quilt are still progressing but I wanted a project that was smaller and that I could actually finish before the year is done. I saw the tutorial for the Missouri Quilt company's quilt as you go hexagons and fell in love. They're so simple to make and really showcase the fabric from my charm square pack. I'm using the Bee Grateful line by Deb Strain as well as an older charm pack that I can't find the name of. For the border I'm using all black. I like the B...