Last week I talked about choosing colors that I wanted to work with at this time of year. Pink ais the tint of red. Although they derive from the same primary color, red, it’s a bit unusual to see them together. I like how happy they are. And it is fun to work with them.

I’ve managed to make a bit of progress on my project this week.

I have the components all cut and initial piecing done and am just starting to assemble the blocks. So far I have 2 completed blocks!

The red block is called “Waterwheel” and the pink block is called “Four Patch Chain”. They are the same basic nine patch block with four patches in each corner. The only difference is the half square triangle blocks in the red Waterwheel block. Putting a red square next to the red triangle in the half square triangle gives the block motion. that’s what makes it look like a water wheel.

The colored squares in the four patch blocks of the waterwheel will all be different. I like to think of them as splashes of water as the waterwheel spins.

I don’t think I’ve ever made a quilt before where the alternate block (the pink chain) was the same basic block as the feature block.

It’s all rather satisfying. And exciting.