Finish, CiL May Blocks, and Westering Women May Block

Lots to catch up on since my last post.  

First, the FINISH!

 This is a keyhole block quilt made with Tina Givens' line "Opal Owl."

 The back with more Opal Owl fabrics.

 

Close-ups

 

Binding is American Made Brand Light Gold.

May's block for Covered in Love 

Pale blue, gray, and light citron were the colors for this month's block.  It was an easy 9-patch, too, where you could use jelly roll strips (and I did!).  I ended up making 6 blocks.  Sometimes it's just hard to stop!  Looking forward to seeing these on Kat's design wall and in a finished quilt!

Westering Women Block of the Month

I'm enjoying the Westering Women Block of the Month over at Civil War Quilts.  May's block had a lot of HSTs (which I love) and again was tree-themed.  This month I used greens - all three greens that I have in my civil war reproduction stash.  This challenged me to lay out the HSTs to create the pattern of the Lone Elm.

 And I just saw when posting this picture up that I turned the bottom left of the 4-patch 180-degrees.  The background fabric should be on the outside of the block.  Well, these things happen and that's what a seam ripper is for!  (When I get this top completed and posted up here, readers please look and make sure I fixed it! ;P )

There is a NEW block of the month out there that I want to follow along with: the American Made Brand Mystery BOM.  Longtime readers probably have guessed that I'm a fan of AMB fabrics.  Block 1 is out as of the beginning of May.  There are two colorways or you can choose your own colors (totally what I'm gonna do!)

Are you going to join me in making blocks for either BOM or Covered in Love?  Or are you following along to a different BOM?

Linking up with Finish it Up Friday at crazy mom quilts.