Pink Flamingo-Inspired Monthly Color Block
Pink flamingos for August! On the first of each month, Jen at Patterns By Jen releases a new and different block in her monthly color block sew-along. For 2020, she is taking her inspiration from birds. August’s bird is the flamingo and the color inspiration is pink. The background color really seems to enhance each individual monthly color and lets them shine.
Pink Flamingo Influence
We selected the Crayola Kaleidoscope collection to use for this year’s sew-along. This photo below really shows the secondary tone-on-tone fabric off nicely.
Sue cut all the needed pieces for me. Then we both enjoyed together how nicely the pink is enhanced by the Bella solid black fabric. Ooh-la-la! LeeAnna, I couldn’t help but think of you with the flamingo reference.
Pink Chain Piecing
This is really a simple, quick-to-piece block. Zip, zip, and bam – you’re done! Just a couple of strips sew together and then sub-cut into the right sizes.
I can’t even imagine why my Bloc_Loc ruler was sitting on top of those strips?!! Since there are no HSTs in this block, it wasn’t needed or used at all. This is such a quick block that I could easily imagine a whole quilt going together in a snap
Pink Flamingo Finish
Easily in less than an hour, this block was pieced and placed on the design wall.
On the design wall now with all the previous months’ blocks, I can’t help but start thinking about a final layout for all twelve blocks.
I know I’ve been sharing these blocks monthly, but I forget how much I really like some of these blocks! Like the orange pinwheel . . . and that beautiful teal/aqua fabric just shimmers. Okay, I’ll stop – just four more blocks to go to wrap up the 2020 Monthly Color Block challenge.
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Black really does make those colors pop. Looking forward to seeing how you set it all together.
I love how that fabric just shimmers…especially with the black background. I do like that teal/aqua block the best!
Such great colorful fabric that contrasts beautifully with the black fabric. Your blocks are wonderful! Take care, Mary.
Lovely bright pink in that block! I can just imagine the block is a bunch of Flamingo legs!! LOL
Hello Roseanne, You did choose an amazing fabric line to work with for this fun BOM Quilt! The teal and purple blocks are my favorites. I am finally back to sewing once again and even thoroughly enjoying a couple of projects that I am working on. Thank you so much for sharing your blocks, they are very beautiful and inspiring! Have a super duper day!
Oh yes, those pink flamingos are lovely as is your block. That sure is a mystery as to why bloc loc was hanging out with it. Right now I am loving the 1st block and the 4th block. Must be the colors…teal and purple!
What company makes that Crayola? It reminds me of the Prisms fabric Anja and I really like. I think your blocks just sing on the Bella black solid.
I’ve said it all along that this quilt will be pretty neat! And I’m thinking that it will be an awesome quilt! Each block adds another amazing element!
Happy Quilting! 🙂
I am enjoying seeing your blocks each month, especially when you put them all up together. The aqua block and the orange block are my favorite in the group with the pink flamingo as my third favorite 🙂
Your blocks do look wonderful together, Roseanne! Your post is a good reminder to me that I need to make my flamingo block, too. I’ll put it on my To-Do list! 🙂
I have been alternating black and light-colored backgrounds. Wish I had stuck with just the black; it is so striking!
Your block looks fabulous with all that pink flamingo-ness! Fun to see your blocks all up on the design wall too – it’s going to be a pretty quilt!
It’s easiest for me to point out my least favorite…hope you don’t mind, but it’s harder to chose a very favorite! HA! My least favorite is the blue snowball/9-patch block.
This quilt will be a fantastic finish…so reminiscent of Amish color and design – only with a very modern, 21st century twist.
The Pink Flamingo influence makes me smile, too!
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I like that collection of fabric and with the black! really neat
The orange pinwheel is my favorite block so far! 🙂