Moda Blockheads 6: Block 12-14 – Flight Path, Toadstool Twist, and Carousel Waltz
It’s Moda Blockheads 6 share day. How are your blocks coming along? I’m having a ton of fun with mine and I’m all caught up on blocks 12-14.
In my last Blockheads update, I mentioned that my quilt was starting to feel a little busy and that maybe I should add some solids. Well, I just couldn’t do it! I’m a print girl all the way!
Instead of solids, I shopped my stash and pulled a few new fabrics that blended right in, including a beautiful vintage print from Cranston Print Works.
What I realized is that it’s not solids I need, but a better mix of print scales.
Balancing small, medium, and large-scale prints really makes the quilt more pleasing to the eye. Just take a look at these two blocks and you’ll see what I mean!
The Carousel Waltz block by Camille Roskelley was super fun and quick to piece, and I think it would look amazing repeated in a full quilt layout. I love blocks that create a circular effect!
For this round, I also changed up how I’m organizing my patterns. Instead of printing out each pattern page, I went fully digital on my iPad Pro. It works beautifully for coloring in those swatch boxes, and it saves me from having extra paper clutter (which always makes me feel disorganized). Before, I was gluing fabric swatches to paper patterns and keeping them in a binder, but this new system feels much lighter. Can you relate?
I’m also keeping my fabrics for Blockheads in a 9″ x 14″ clear storage bin. I labeled it with washi tape and wrote “Blockheads 6” on it. Inside, I have all my larger fabric cuts stacked where I can see them easily, plus two zip bags (if you’ve ordered fabric from my shop you might recognize these baggies): one for strip leftovers and another for smaller bits. When it’s time to make a block, I check the bags to see if any scraps or strips work with the cutting list before cutting into the larger pieces.
And one last tip before I wrap up: seam tape is magic! It saves so much time when making half-square triangles or flying geese, no more drawing diagonal lines on every square. If you don’t have some already, I highly recommend grabbing a roll for your toolkit.
If you missed the earlier blocks, catch up here:
- Fabric selection and Block 1: Regatta
- Block 2: Crossroads
- Block 3: Sunday Best
- Blocks 4 & 5: Cat’s Cradle & Dew Drop
- Block 6: Moonbeam
- Blocks 7 & 8: Bellissimo Star & Sandcastle
- Blocks 9, 10 & 11: Polaris, What a Lark, and Folk Star
Are you sewing along with Moda Blockheads 6? It’s such a fun way to build your quilting skills, try new techniques, and be part of a supportive community. You can learn more and join in over on the Moda website and download the patterns for Moda Blockheads 6 Blocks 12-14 as well as all the previous blocks.
