This is the second bonus edition of Part One of my Color Book Tutorial/Sew-Along. For an introduction to this tutorial and to see the finished book and a table of contents for all the parts, see this post.
Next week, you’ll get the tutorial for how to sew these pages but as for me, I’ve finished sewing all of mine! Here are the rest of them if you need some more inspiration for what kind of fabric to collect.
Here’s the green block:
Here’s the red block:
As cute as those vehicles are, I’m not convinced they were the right choice because the whole fabric doesn’t scream”red” to me. Oh well!
Here’s the gray block:
The top corner is from this bag and the bottom is from this one (recognize it, Rach?).
Here’s the black (and white) page:
Here’s the brown page:
I decided the pink and blue was too strong in the elephant print (with the brown background) so I replaced it with that leopard print. It’s a fake suede from Joann’s! 🙂
Here’s the yellow page:
love those lemons! (I think this whole page is fabric from Joann’s.)
Last but not least, here’s orange:
I will be really sad when I use up those ducks!
Next week, look for the tutorial on foundation piecing and how to make these blocks yourself. In the meantime, I’m going to start working on the cover pages!


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