And Sew On - July Block

July's block was another good one - focussing on the trusty rotary cutter.  Wouldn't be without mine!  Of course the ruler gets a a bit of focus too as one's not much good without the other.

I decided to use the deep blue I have been using for quite a few of my blocks as its very similar in colour to my cutting mat and if you have a rotary cutter and a ruler you know you need a cutting mat, right?!

As is always the way with these things, of course I only noticed the error I made after I looked at the photo. Its minor so I'm not going to change it but the back block should be a little shorter than the front one and mine are the same length.  Didn't label my foundation properly there I guess!

My favourite ruler is my fluoro green Matilda's Own 12.5" square ruler and as I happened to have some green in a similar colour, I decided to use it for my ruler.  Pretty happy with the way that came out.

The hardest fabric to find for me was the grey/silver for the blade - no silver or plain grey in my collection so what to do?  Not sure if you've ever tried it but sometimes the back of a fabric can be just the colour you're looking for, so I flipped a few over and found the right look I was after.

This blue fabric on the right side of the photo below:

became this nice mottled silver/grey for my blade:

So next time you're having trouble finding just the right fabric, check the back of some of your fabrics and you might just have the perfect one there already!

Now best go and link this blog post up over at Kristy's blog!

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