Block 16 "Kaleidoscope Star," designed by Tara Reed for the Riley Blake Designs Block Challenge 2026 sew along in shades of green and blue.

Riley Blake Designs Block Challenge 2026: May Check-In

We’ve come to the end of this year’s Block Challenge sew along and all my blocks are done!

Block 15: “Center of Attention,” by Heather Peterson

Block 15 in the 2026 Riley Blake Designs Block Challenge "Center of Attention" designed by Heather Peterson, sewn up in Confetti Cottons solids in green, blues and pinks.

Not a bad little block. I’d like to see an entire quilt made of these. I threw this together in a short amount of time, so there’s not much to say about it.

Block 16: “Kaleidoscope Star,” by Tara Reed

Block 16 "Kaleidoscope Star," designed by Tara Reed for the Riley Blake Designs Block Challenge 2026 sew along in shades of green and blue.

I think this is a particularly striking block. Another block that I’d like to make an entire quilt out of. We shall see.

Finishing

The finishing instructions were released today, and they differ from how I thought they were going to go. I had preemptively started working on the setting blocks in the manner I thought they’d be constructed, so I’m just going to go forward with my method. I had made the goal to finish this quilt in its entirety by the end of May, but that will not be happening; and with Rachel’s graduation only weeks away, my focus is going to shift to preparing for all the festivities and preparations for that. Hopefully I can come back to this quilt before the end of the summer.

Thanks so much, Riley Blake Designs and all of its designers, for putting on a lovely sew along. This quilt is going to look so beautiful in my front room.

The block patterns are free and available on the Riley Blake website. If you want to download specific patterns, here’s the links:

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