a giveaway!

Would you like to win a new book?

Quilts.....

Mystery....

Romance.....

What could be better????

I'll pick a name out of the hat on Monday.

Good luck!!!

Beans and Blocks.

While the red beans and sausage simmer in the crock pot.....

(Don't you love cooking this time of year??)

I'm making some more blocks for this quilt.

One thing I know for sure!!.....

I won't be running out of stripes!!!

:0

take two

I made a quilt JUST like this one last year.

I love this pattern.....

Actually....

I'd probably like any PATTERN using

all those little 1 1/2" wide scraps of color!

The back is pretty too!!!

I used some fat quarters that were just waiting to be

a lovely backing!!!!

Maybe I just like baby quilts!

Yeah...

I do.

I'm so happy there are lots of babies for me to sew for!!!

I will never get tired of making them.

:)

There's a tutorial for this quilt block here.

Monday

Today I'm THANKFUL for BIG borders!

They are the easiest way to G-R-O-W a quilt.

I used some neutral colors so you'd notice the quilt blocks.

The ABSOLUTE truth is.......

I was TIRED of making these.

:/

Now I can dream about quilting that BIG border.

Should I quilt in some FEATHERS???

Should I create a SCALLOPED edge????

Hmmm......

My dreams are ALWAYS better than REALITY...

Maybe that's why I like doing it so much.

;)

One Dozen

One apron x 12 =

One dozen.

:/

It's been a sweatshop over here!

I was asked to make these for

my son's high school art class.

Lessons learned:

Webbing is a great time saver.

Large pieces of

Hand-me-down fabric just MIGHT come in handy...

even when it's not "quilting" fabric!

:)

You NEVER know when you're going to make

a dozen aprons!!!

I'm done.

I can now MOVE on to more creative pursuits.

I don't think you'll be seeing

any more aprons

in this corner of blogland for a little while.

LOL

;)

Getting somewhere

Here's my new beauty!

This one's going pretty fast only because...

I'm using 10" squares!

I laid two 10" squares together.

Right sides UP.

Made four diagonal cuts.

I imagined rays from the sun as I cut.

I DID NOT mark....

That makes it so much more FUN!!!

;)

I tried not to get too close to any of the corners!

That way I won't have too many seams in ONE place.

I lay them out like this.

Sew them together.

Beware!

They do not turn into SQUARE blocks at this point.

You have to trim them!

In a perfect world they should be 9"...

but mine are 8 3/4".

Am I concerned?

NO.

Hey!

They look kind of nice on point too....huh?

Is there a name for this block?

I'd kind of like to name mine

"SUNSHINE"

 :)

fabric swap

Getting quilters together for a swap is a

WONDERFUL THING!!!

It means a pile of twenty 10" squares coupled with

a coordinating fabric.....

Turns into THIS!!!!

Which in turn......

Turns into blocks like this.....

Making one....

SPECTACULAR, COLORFUL,

KAFFE FASSETT QUILT!!!

Let the CUTTING and SEWING begin!