Playing with Air Castle blocks

 I am part of a mailing list of quilters, and recently, a challenge was issued by a member: work with one pieced block, and play with it, try variations, different fabrics, etc.

She used the Air Castle block and I decided to follow - I had never worked with this block before.  The pattern source is:

https://www.patchworksquare.com/index.php?function=DisplaySheet&sheet=air-castle-quilt-block&id=&links=1&link1=

I made my blocks 9 inches square (when finished).  My first two:  playing with fabric types: real feedsack fabric (top) and late 1800's reproduction fabric (bottom).

Note I also simplified the corner treatment in the top block.  I kept trying different fabrics:

No, I don't like that yellow for the star points.  I like a stronger, darker color in that position.

And I quite like the feedsack blocks.  I have concentrated on making more of those this week.  Here is what I have so far:

Such fun playing around!  Let yourself go and play too.

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Almost a top; I've been working in a series

 Good day and welcome to my blog.

I have been busy at my day job and have not gotten into the sewing area as much as I would like.  But I managed to sew some units together on my blue and brown log cabin  project.  It's almost a top - just a few long seams to go.

Laid out on the floor of my messy sewing area.

I find I have been doing a series of similar quilts, with diagonal movement to them.  This is my third log cabin quilt using the same pattern, so that is pretty obvious.  I have done the log cabin pattern in pink and white:

and red and white.

Also, not so obvious, a four patch quilt set to emphasize the diagonal:

And a batik and black top, also with diagonal movement.

Interesting.  I like all of these projects very much.  The tops I will continue to finish this Spring and Summer.

Linking up with Midweek Makers, Put your foot down at For the love of geese, Needle and Thread Thursday,  Can I get a Whoop Whoop, Nina-Marie,  Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl

Viridian