Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks Block #480

I am excited to finally show you my block, #480 On the Path, that is in the latest Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks!  Here's a better picture of the bright turquoise square in the corner of the COVER!!!

I made this block last year.  The color of the year last year was turquoise.  As I have never been interested in turquoise, I took it upon myself to use it in some quilts.  I have been pleasantly surprised at the results.  It still isn't a favorite color, but I have learned to appreciate the color turquoise.  My block is made in honor of the color turquoise.

Then, you may remember THIS post about making a queen size quilt at hyper speed.  Well, this is the quilt I made on turbo.  It is shown on page 14 in Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks, Vol. 5.

I like the overall picture in the magazine.  You can see that 16 blocks formed 4 rings.  I would have liked to make the 25 blocks I had intended to make 9 rings.  There's no way I would have gotten it done on time.  Here's a closer picture.  You can see that I used some Timeless Treasures batik fabrics with the gray.

Here's the quilting on the extra wide border.  I can't decide how well I like the quilting, but it works.

The block was inspired from a quilt that I designed that is in my new book Simply Charming Minis that is at the printer right now!

Here is Morse Code.  This quilt measures 16" x 18". 

And another version of Morse Code that is also in the book.

It was fun to make a mini quilt even smaller and use it as a block.  I named the quilt after I designed it.  After I named it, I was curious.  What letters am I spelling out in Morse Code?  In case you are curious too, it spells N A K A N.  Wish I was clever enough to come up with something cool that stands for. 

If you can come up with something clever and G-rated, let me know in the comments!

Of course, as with all Quiltmaker 100 Blocks blog tours, there's a giveaway!  I will randomly pick a winner from the comments Friday night at the end of the blog tour.  The winner will be announced Saturday.  If you have an email address linked to your comment, I will email you.

And check back because I will be giving away some copies of my new book when I get it from the printer whenever that is!