Susie's Sunroom: Patchique Blocks 3 and 71

Patchique Quilt Project Week 2 Blocks #3 and #71

I love sewing on a fall day, with a blue sky, the cooler temperatures, and the beautiful leaves turning gold, orange, and red.

And I actually got a lot of sewing accomplished this weekend.

Sew Along with Amanda @ The Patchsmith blog
with Japanese Taupe Quilts book by Susan Briscoe

This week's first block: #3 Sakiori shima (Rag -weave stripe)

Block 3 courtesy of Susan Briscoe

The directions - sew together 27 small pieces of fabric. (Yikes! Will my block be square after all of that?) I shouldn't have worried .... Amanda figured out a more concise way.... sew together long strips of the two colors, and cut them into 3 segments, to then piece together. See her blog post on how she made her block. I love Amanda's gift of un-complicating patterns.

My #3 block:

#3 Sakiori shima (rag-weave stripe) Susie's Sunroom

The next: #71 Mizuno kengata rokuyo (Mizuno sword-shaped six leaves)

#71 courtesy of Susan Briscoe

I decided to bring in some of the red colors now , with this block.

I love how it popped out!

Block # 71 Mizuno kengata rokuyo by Susie's Sunroom

Here are all 4 blocks so far.....

Patchique Quilt Project blocks so far by Susie's Sunroom

I have had so much fun making these blocks! I think I will make a pillow someday, using the #71 pattern.
(Don't tell anyone that I have the #3 block in sideways in this group picture....)