Thank you Andrea in Peoria, AZ!! I like your business card.

Camera loaded this morning so these are 6 more Beads on a String blocks.  Which I love, even with a color combo I wouldn’t have put together.  It makes me realize I need to practice what I preach about stepping out of your color box.   I’m a better quilter for the challenge.  I do like the pieced circle technique, too.  This block brought out that old favorite technique that I hadn’t used for a while.

I made 6 more Feb. blocks but my camera isn’t talking to the computer this evening.  Worked fine this afternoon.  I’ll post pictures when I get it figured out.

Julie Post of Titonka, IA  had a quilt, Captain A-Moo-rica, in the AQS Phoenix show as part of a cow quilt exhibit.  Jean-Sophie & I saw this quilt at the IQA Houston show and it’s grand & funny & moo-velous!  You can see see it on page 18 of American Quilter magazine from the American Quilters Society.  It’s the March 2014 issue and just arrived today.   Moo-ray for Julie!

Woohoo!!  Nann H. of Winthrop Harbor, IL  was first off the mark by posting on Feb. 1 and her gorgeous Chevrons arrived today!  Thank you Nann!  The brown is ultra cool with the purple swirled into it.  I can’t wait to see who else comes to play.

I’m lucky the chevrons fit into a regular envelope and it was pretty cheap to post 2 Chevrons each to Kate in Surrey and Marie in Hollis, NH.  Congrats to all my co-winners!!

I tried piecing the circles and it’s quick & easy.  I used the Easy Circle Cut ruler by Sharon Hultgren. The 5″ circle works for the set in circle and the 4″ circle works for the background.  Then I press the directions in both the circle & background, pin and sew .25″ seam allowance.   I haven’t re-sized the blocks yet to 7.50″ but here are the 1st 3.  They maybe more if I can find more maroon fabric...

The temps are above 0F so I made it to the post box and sent 3 stripeys each to PA & CA.  I hope you like them and that they play well with the others.  Congratulations Julianne & Kathy!

Yesterday had a high of -8F so I stayed inside last night &finished up 8 chevrons.   I think 6 are the limit so here they are: They look nicer in...

I got back home today and some Oak Leaf blocks from Rachel GR in El Paso, TX were in the waiting post.  Thanks for a holiday surprise!!!

One little basket is off the Cathy today.   Happy Holidays!

I really like this simple...