Monday Making

Sometimes a project is worth repeating!

;)

After making this table mat a month or so ago....

I received the unfinished QUILT 

that is related to the original leftover blocks that had been given to me!

Since the quilt is big enough without adding anymore blocks...

I'm going to REPEAT!!

I'll add some FRESH muslin

and make another table mat for a relative of the MAKER of this quilt!!

Let me tell you though friends........

It's NOT easy RIPPING those HAND SEWN seams OUT!!!

It's necessary...

but OH so painful!!

The hand stitches are SO well done.

I can feel the original quilter's loving touch in every stitch.

and I'm RIPPING them OUT!

OUCH.

I hope she'd understand that the old muslin

needs a Switcheroo!!!!

;)

What are YOU making this week??

Blocks of Hope

Here are the blocks I made for Margaret's Hope chest.

The GREAT thing about projects like this is...

You get to try out a "new-to-you" quilt block...

and you're not committed to a WHOLE quilt!!

There are three blocks for a boy...

and three for a girl!!!

Now....

If you wanted to make this easy you would just cut some strips

from 6 or so fabrics and sew them together with that middle sashing.

I didn't make it the EASY way.

I ended up having a treasure hunt!!!

Treasure hunts are FUN...

but they're
TIME CONSUMING!!!!

Needless to say.

I think I could have made a WHOLE quilt

in the time it took to SIFT through scraps

Looking for the right COLORS!!!

:0

kindness.

I was reminded again today why I love to blog.

Besides the fact that I love to quilt,

Why do I take pictures and blab about quilting??

Well, there are just so many nice people out there!

It makes life so much sweeter!

When I asked a couple of days ago about these little blocks,

I got some help!

Joan e-mailed Ann and Ann gave me lots of great info.

The block might be called...

Boutonniere or Six Point Flower Garden.

The hexagon template fits in the middle there.

Now, WHEN will I get around to putting this together?

I don't know.

But, I do know there's a lot of

KINDNESS floating around blogland.

I'm going to hang out here some more!

Thank you Joan and Ann.

my creative space-quilt treasure.

I have a little quilt treasure that lives at my house.

These blocks were given to me a few years ago by

someone who thought I might like them.

Like Them...?

Like Them...?

how 'bout

L-O-V-E THEM???

As you can see there are a whole bunch!!

Now the sad part.

I don't know anything about these little guys.

I don't know who made them.

I don't know the name of the block.

I have never seen a quilt using this design.

Have you?!!!

They even came with the bias tape for stems

and a template because most of them are unfinished.

The template doesn't quite fit the outline of the block...

so again, I'm very curious.....

Can you cure my curiousity today??

You can see some more creative spaces here.