#NQAQB — March!
So we are in the March segment of the by now completely famous #NGAQB, the man cave version of the traditional quilting bee. Our Mr. March is Andrew Youngman from New York state. Andrew is our OTHER Andrew. Yeah, we had 13 guys…..and TWO of them are Andrew…not Andy or Drew …..both are Andrew….so it was kind of confusing for me for awhile there. I seemed to get the right blocks to the right Andrew though (Andrew #1 was Mr. February) !!
So Mr. March Andrew wanted us all to make this block with colors inspired from this photo:
These are what I came up with:
Now the first one is my third one actually because I discovered that with this much piecing, I really needed to be using a scant 1/4″ seam. Sounds elementary, but the following picture shows why it was necessary.
My first block ended up being 12 1/4″ not 12 1/2″ unfinished. That was not going to work in the sharing type situation that we had going on. So I re-did it. And my extra block will end up going in the back of some quilt down the road.
We also decided early on to have each one of the #NGAQB members talk about themselves in each blog post. So here are Andrew’s words about himself and his life in the Quilt-Universe:
I’m the other Andrew, or Mr. March. In a brief introduction about me, I would tell you that I sent to art school and concentrated in photography. I now work in healthcare, specifically as an aide in Intensive Care and Cardiac Services.
Quilting was introduced to me by my mother a couple of years ago when I asked her to teach me, knowing she wanted to get back into it. I made one small table runner and one lap quilt then put my machine away, only to pick it up again 6 months or so ago.
Thanks to social media, specifically Instagram, I started noticing more and more male crafters and quilters, and started to follow them and begin a conversation about an all-male quilt bee. And here we are.
I chose the Inverted Star block (available on craftsy.com) because I haven’t yet worked with half-square triangles and wanted the challenge. And I asked for the color inspiration to come from a photograph I took on my last trip with my husband to Key West. We’ve been there twice in the last year and love it. I asked for the #NGAQB men to help me commemorate this new favorite place of mine with these blocks.
To my Brothers in the #NGAQB:
Thanks you all for the stunning blocks that I’ve already either received or seen online. The work you each produce is amazing and I’m glad to be a growing amateur in such an elite group of fun and talented craftsman!
Please note I’ve updated my Instragram handle: It’s now TESTOSTERSEWN
So those are Andrew’s words about himself so you can know him a little better. Mr. April is a good friend of mine from way back and you will be thrilled to see the block he picked out. I know I am. It is one I have wanted to do for myself for quite sometime, but never found the opportunity to make…..until now!
Later Peeps, Plenty to do around here……The Studio has many things that need doing, and now Spring has come to the Pacific Northwest, so I am getting the call of the wild (yard) for some taming down again.
Diane
I am showing this site to my grandson..He so wants to quilt and his friends laugh…so no more ha ha from them…we all have to be free..the blocks are stunning. Thank u.