Patterns By Jen: 2024 October Monthly Color Challenge Block

October felt like the perfect month for this month's fishy color inspiration.

Our challenge this month is inspired by tropical fish. Such beauty lays under the water, it's hard not to be inspired.

This month our color is black and we look to the Wrought Iron Butterfly Fish.

From Color Meanings: You might hear the name of this fish and immediately think it’s a dull gray in color. But the wrought iron butterflyfish has a brilliant, almost mirror-like sheen. The fish can use their coloring as an advantage when feeding; they sometimes pack together very closely to form a “wrought iron ball.” Their unique coloring commands a high price in the aquarium hobby world; a single wrought iron butterflyfish can sell for almost $3,000.

I'm using Benartex's "Burlap" fabric line. While there may not be a "sheen" to it like our inspiration, the texture definitely adds to the beauty of our block.

Our featured blogger this month is:

Becca of Sugar Sand Quilts

Find her on Instagram

Ready for the block? It's a fun block, but definitely requires a little more attention when piecing it together. Take your time to make sure you are using the right color/units when putting this block together.

Join the Quilt and Learn with Patterns By Jen Facebook group (make sure to answer the questions so I know you are a real person 😉) where you will get a lot of support and questions answered! If you aren't on Facebook you can also follow Patterns By Jen on Instagram. Use #2024MonthlyColorChallenge when sharing so I can be sure to see your block.

I hope my feed is swimming in black this month!

Ready to get the pattern? Go to Payhip and download it now! The block is free for the month of October! Each set of instructions includes a "How To" video.

It's too late to receive the January through October block instructions or the layout through email, but you can still sign up to have the November and December Monthly Color Challenge blocks sent directly to your inbox. Sign up HERE.

Let's make something Extraordinary!