#rbdnotsobasic

Kaleidoscope Blocks: For this month’s Not So Basic project, we are celebrating the release of Riley Blake’s newest basic - Crayola Kaleidoscope Basics!

We made Kaleidoscope Blocks, designed by Lee Heinrich (of Freshly Pieced), in various colours of the new basics. The blocks from all the quilters involved are going to be pieced together and made into a quilt - I can’t wait to see what it looks like all together!

Log cabin pillow: This month, our Riley Blake Not So Basic challenge was a Modern Log Cabin pillow, using Riley Blake Designs’ tone-on-tone basics!

I decided on a "courthouse steps" variation for my block, which was a first for me! I’ve done a lot of log cabin blocks before including a quilt I finished earlier this year, but I’ve never tried the courthouse steps arrangement. I liked how from afar, it has the clean look of using solids, but that the tone-on-tone prints give close-up interest - tiny white cherries, cream scissors and grey stars. 

I did some big stitch quilting in a contrast colour, to give it a bit more texture.  Then, I added basic machine cross hatch quilting to finish up!

Riley Blake Designs: Not So Basic! - I am thrilled to be part of RBD Not So Basic, a new program launching today with Riley Blake Designs and hosted by Christopher of The Tattooed Quilter! This year, I’ll be working with other quilt designers on creating fun projects using Riley Blake Designs Basics, which include solids, stripes, dots and lots in between. (I've made lots of previous projects with these fabrics including my rainbow quilt!)

The first project of the year was a fabric postcard. I made a log cabin block - partly inspired by my recent log cabin quilt, and also because next Monday is apparently “Log Cabin Day”! I figured, what better time to send someone a log cabin postcard?