Craigsblock

Craigsblock, a photo by stayathomelibrarian on Flickr.

Unfortunately, there is no modern quilt guild near me, but I do have hopes that one day I may be able to be a member of one!  I'd love to be able to go to Texas to Quiltcon, but honestly, if I had the spare cash to spend on quilting, it would be for a new machine (I'm wishing for the more affordable Janome Horizon opposed to a Bernina), and not a trip. Keeping it real, yo!  However, I am happy to participate, even if just a little way, in Quiltcon by submitting this block for the Quilt Block Challenge.

Having had read about the Quiltcon Block Challenge, I never expected to be sending in an entry until the other day when I was surfing around on Craigslist (you know you do it too) and came across this couch. I said to myself,  "Self, that would make a cool quilt block".  So, here I am, translating this retro couch into my version of a modern quilt block. The colors chosen for the challenge really did most of the work. I call this block "Craigsblock".

I have no expectations that it'll be well liked, or even in the running to be included in the final quilt, but I'm proud of it regardless. I even got out my camera and took it on a little photo shoot! If you know me over at Flickr, or read this blog-ever- I'm pretty famous for my poor quality iPad photos.