The last many months in my world have been uphill. With perseverance and support of people I love I am slowly climbing to the top. This quilt journey has been a bit of a guard rail. Although I've not been as on top of it as I would have liked, knowing it was here waiting for me was calm in the storm. (Whoa, that's a lot of metaphor). Anyhow, my April block is complete at last! And I quite love it.
Indigo sent me a pile of batik scraps in blues and greens and purples, along with a packet of buttons and some gorgeous handmade skeleton leaves. I immediately thought water. And have created, what I think, is like a pool with ripples and rocks and leaves and sunlight creating a myriad of colors on the surface. 
I have not trimmed it fully yet. The quilting caused the bottom to shrink in a bit and I need to make the wudginess go away, figure I can make it work when I put the final pieces together.
I pieced the block entirely without a plan. Which is very much outside my comfort zone. I imagine paper piecing with a layout may have been easier. But I really enjoyed the: grab some scraps, sew, iron, trim, grab another scrap...wash , rinse, repeat. And it came together much how I initially envisioned it when I received the package.
It feels good to be getting caught up. I'm going to open my May bundle tomorrow and see what it brings. 
i just love how this looks! I have enjoyed making those leaves, but have had a hard time finding use for them. Floating like this really works!
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