If you have been following along you know that I spent a great deal of time this week joining blocks together. See the previous two posts for more on that. Having done all that work I hope to be forgiven for sewing fewer blocks than usual this week. I’m still ahead of the game. Here are the blocks for week four:

#8 Bouquet (revisited)

Kona solids used are Carnation, Orange, Tangerine, and Coral. This is the first appearance of Carnation in the quilt.

I had made this block previously, but did not like the way it turned out, so I went to the trouble of making it again.

#9 Box (revisited)

Kona solids used are Cantaloupe, School Bus, Orange, and Tangerine. This is the first use of School Bus in the quilt. It is also the first use of Orange and Cantaloupe.

I had made two previous versions of this block. The first one used every piece and seam in the book version. The second one reduced the number of pieces and seams. This version increased the colors used from two to four, which created a great many design options when it came time to arrange the pieces. I chose the arrangement above because I want to use Tangerine as the sashing around this block.

I will be devoting my time this week to sewing together the third row of my quilt and attaching it to the upper left corner.