Orange Crush Colour Block Challenge

The challenge that distracted me this time was the Colour Block Challenge issued by Angie at Gnome Angel where you make quilt block, create a flat lay inspired by the colors in the block and photograph it all.  I saw a couple pop up on Instagram but then Kitty at Night Quilter got my attention when she posted hers here.

I must confess, I first looked around my sewing room to see if any color stood out more than others. I needed to make a 12 1/2" string block for the guild philanthropy project and with it being a scrappy block, I could go with most any color.  I started seeing orange more than other colors and here is the result.

Orange Crush string block for Colour Block Challenge

Since my block was larger them most blocks, I needed a lot of stuff to fill my photograph.  In my original photograph it looks fairly sparse, but by cropping it down it appears to fill the space.  It was harder to photograph than I thought it would be.  I used foam core board as the white background.

Colour block challenge photo before cropping

Here's a close where you can see more of the block and some of the items included in the photograph.

Colour block challenge detail

And once I finished photographing, I piled most everything in the atomic orange tray.

Items used for flat lay photograph

Take a look at the the posts for the Colour Block Challenge on Instagram.  Two of my favorites posted are this blue and red block by Lisa @sewinabind and this nature inspired block by Karen @runsewfun. The challenge is open through May 4th.

I hope to create more of these flat lays as time permits. Oh, and there are prizes involved, so hurry and make yours by May 4th.

Linking to Main Crush Monday, Fabric Tuesday, Let's Bee Social and Scraptastic Tuesday.