Mexicali Rosie - February 2014 BOM

Here is the second 2014 BOM. I have already substituted some of the fabric. I think I threw out the little color pictures they give us to show the placements for your particular color run after I finished the blocks, but I have a pretty good idea which fabrics I substituted. It really matters whether you follow the little picture because you only get enough fabric to do it the way it is in the picture. If you want to do something different, you have to use your own fabric.

The coral pinwheel fabric is one that I bought to use for substitutions. It is the same design as the black pinwheels, but with very different colors.

The "kit" came with two different black prints.

I thought they were way too similar, especially if they were going to be placed next to each other, so I used the coral pinwheel fabric instead of the second black print.

I do not like the grey fabric in the corners. It doesn't go well with the other prints. It is similar to a Fossil Fern print, but with Baroque damask-style curlicues, and it looks out of place to me, both in terms of color and design. I will not be using it again.

Except for the grey, I am very pleased with this block.