One Dozen Ten Inch Blocks

 

I accepted the Riley Blake Designs Block Challenge in early February, because I love samplers, I liked the colors involved, and I was desperately homesick for the bock-of-the-month classes I’d enjoyed before the pandemic hit. We were promised a new block pattern every Tuesday between February 2 and June 22, except for the last Tuesday each month, when we’ll “pause and admire our work.” Somehow, I feel we’ve missed a week. There were five Tuesdays in March, but I only remember three blocks. The biggest mystery is how these very different blocks will go together to make one quilt. Some have a 5-patch symmetry, others are 4-patch blocks, and some are irregular. Some have two colors, others have three. Beyond their size and shape, there’s almost nothing to tie them together. There are only a handful of blocks left. Usually by this point I have some idea of the finished project. Maybe I’ve just made a dozen orphans.