Quilt Block Number Nine - Cups and Saucers

Cups and Saucers is a fun block to make.  You can use just two colors, three or four colors.  I chose to use four colors.  I found a beautiful black batik fabric and just went from there.  I pulled the colors that were in the batik and the results are great.  This is an impressive block but not at all hard to make.  See what you think:

These are not colors I usually work with but I wanted to challenge myself to use colors I am not comfortable with.  I am more of a traditional pink, green, maroon or blue quilter.  This was alot of fun though and now I feel confident to try other colors outside my comfort zone.  I ended up making a lap quilt with the cups and saucers block.  Here it is:

With the cups and saucers block it didn't matter which way you turned it.  You are going to get the same design regardless.  However, it would make a big difference on where you put your colors or how many colors you used.  I hope you give this pattern a try.  Have fun with it.
If you look under the more section of my website, you can see all the blocks and quilts I have done so far from my favorite quilt book, "Around the Block with Judy Hopkins".   Thanks for taking a look!