emily's rad 100 days 100 blocks - tula pink city sampler

so in 2018, you got a regular update of my 100 day 100 block every 10 blocks, and then it just sat.
don't get me wrong, i super enjoyed this project and really wanted to get it done, but it just fell to the back burner as all projects for me personally do.
well, last summer i knocked it out at maker monday, quilted it up and got it bound and it has lived on my bed ever since.  now, here it is for your viewing (and ispy-ing) enjoyment!
as a reminder, i focused on three main fabric lines for my colors: foundations by sassafrass lane designs, grunge by basicgray and dimples by andover fabrics.  it all pretty much started from the foundations line of fabric that i got a fat quarter bundle of and then trickled down to balance it all out. i fussy cut the wazoo out of some fabrics, and there are some pretty hilarious instagram swiss cheese photos to prove it!
i had a hard time narrowing down photos, so you're about to get blasted with some detail shots of some very random themed blocks!
i did tweak the borders of this quilt, since i couldn't just let all the bright rainbow-ness of the inside just end with solid gray.  i measured out a bit more of the gray (which i believe is silver grunge) to be the same width as the sashing, and then measured out some chunks of the same main color fabrics to make a scrappy border around the outside.  since the border was so scrappy, i wanted to keep the binding solid, and went with my favorite blue print from the foundations line of fabric.  the back, not that you can see it, is a fantastic gray on gray polka dot fabric that i found as a wide back at meissner's
while this project was a lot of work, it was really fun to do as a sew along with a ton of people, including lisa.  it was funny to see how we used the same fabric in a few of our blocks, and how different they turned out from each other.  we both ended up with a rainbow-ish collection of blocks, and i cannot wait to see hers put together.  once hers is done, she intends it to be for her future guest room... aka what i get to use when i stay over!
it has been so great to have such a fun and cheerful quilt on my bed to snuggle up under each night.  i am quite pleased with my success with this quilt and already have plans to use a few of the blocks from this book for another project :)
pattern: tula pink's city sampler: 100 modern quilt blocks
quilt count: 126

100 days 100 blocks - 91-100

i can't believe i just made my last post yesterday and now my instagram must return to normal posting status... do i even remember how to do that?
i was planning on keeping these last blocks a bit more simple and less fussy cut... buuuuuuut the shapes were just so perfect for some (aka all) of these blocks. 
do i have a vision of how these blocks are all going to come together?  not a single bit.  but i do know that i have a few dates with a long arm rental in the next month and a half, and i 100% want to get this one done before christmas.  cross your fingers and toes while staying tuned for that post!
also, just 5 days until i find out if i'm one of the grand prize winners!

100 days 100 blocks - 81-90

holy cow, here we are inching closer to the finish line!
this set of blocks wraps up the square section, which was quite a bit of fun, and rolls right on in to the final "haiku" chapter.  i am really looking forward to being able to FINALLY lay all these blocks out and see how they look together.  with this project wrapping up, it also means that my sewing area will be a lot less brightly colored... but i feel like i might be finding scraps of this foundation fabric clear until thanksgiving. 
all the cuteness from these fussy cuts make it all worth it :)

100 days 100 blocks - 71-80

so i know i said i was excited for triangles (which i still have no shame in saying i love triangles at all) BUT i think the squares section produced some of my favorite blocks.
yes, i put fussy cuts in ALL OF THEM... because i had to.  they were perfect, and i love them, and yay.
these blocks actually feature a majority of my storybook fabrics, which started to become an underlying theme of the quilt as well, and my faux mr. rogers tribute block (more about that one on my instagram) fit right in with the batch.  i cannot believe that we're inching closer to the end, with the final block to be posted just weeks away on instagram.  before we know it, it will be time to quilt this beast and throw it on my bed for a good rainbow filled night's sleep.

100 days 100 blocks - 61-70

not gonna lie, i had a lot of fun with some of these stripes!
i'll admit, some got a little wonky towards the end when it was stripes on stripes on stripes... but i'll probably tweak those ones a bit (and starch the crud out of them) before they become a final quilt top.  i'm also coming to find i'm going to have a LOT of random fabrics leftover... which means i'll have SO many more options for future quilt project!  i mean in these 10, there are multiple fish/ocean themed ones... must be my initiation for a life of fussy cutting.  hoorah!