Some Blocks for Today

. . . and they're NOT from my calendar, but inspired by Katja Marek's "The New Hexagon Perpetual Calendar." I don't have a photo of her block, but it's fairly simple with triangles, diamonds and half-hexagons. For me, it was easy to convert this to rotary cut and machine piece! I decided to make it in a 12" (high) size. Here are some units before the final seams:

January 17 Block

 I stitched them all together and then made a small table topper using another set of fabrics.

I had still one more block in mind, this time in browns using the Sgrafitto Collection by Benartex:

This was an orphan block for several years and I turned it into another one of those Meals on Wheels placemats the other day. Here it is:

Placemat: 15" x 17"

Now I'm on the hunt for the block at the top of the page. It would make another lovely placemat, right?