You’ll have seen that I plan to complete Sherri’s mystery block a month quilt and in my last post I shared the test blocks which I made into my tenth charity quilt, today I’m sharing the centre block I made for my own quilt.

My challenge for this one was choosing which of the navy fabrics to use, and one that I gave more thought to than normal. This block is quite similar to the patchwork star back in April, but the centre square is made from four smaller squares rather than a single piece of fabric.

My dilemma was whether or not to use the three navy fabrics I had, or to add in some of the other colours from the range, or to stick with one. In the end I went with the latter as there’s plenty of colours in this print, which I hoped would give me the patchwork feel I was after.

Laying out the individual navy blocks to check if they might work and look 'patchworky' enough

I purposely cut different parts of the design and tried to make a bit of a plan.

The squares and rectangles laid out how I planned to sew them

And after a bit of jiggling about, it worked out ok - well more than ok actually.

A patchwork star made with the same navy material but looking every bit a patchwork

Then it was on with the borders, after double checking with my hand drawn plan and another sneak peek of the blocks so far laid out (which I shared in my recent Quilty Update if you wanted to take a look), and before I knew it the August block was complete.

The finished block hung on my bookcase using a 'skirt' hanger

After a quick press it too was hung with the other blocks I’ve made so far. I’ve even caught myself up with my ‘relaxed’ timetable sharing August’s block by the end of September.

Now for the next one!

Join me next month to see how I get on with the next mystery block, and check out my previous posts for my mystery block quilt or the charity quilts made from the test blocks.