Blocks to the Antipodes
I sent 9 Dresdens to Margaret yesterday. (Antipodes means the opposite side of the earth.)
Read MoreI sent 9 Dresdens to Margaret yesterday. (Antipodes means the opposite side of the earth.)
Read MoreI sent barn door blocks to the three winners yesterday (Monday, 10/24). Congratulations to the winners!
Read MoreI posted a photo of the nine Dresden blocks I made for the sneak perk. Then I reread the instructions and found out that I made five if them with the petals in the wrong color orientation. Here are the correct...
Read MoreI made one Dresden to test the instructions….eight more followed. Thanks for reminding me how easy Dresdens...
Read MoreI won the Twinklers blocks last year. I had the resulting quilt professionally quilted (tip: purple thread is a good choice for black background and blocks in many colors) and donated it to the silent auction at last month’s American Library Assn. conference. The successful bidder was thrilled to win it — her FB post got almost 500 likes (pretty much all from non-quilters). I had a couple of requests for the block pattern. Good...
Read MoreThe first batch of bullseyes had incorrect color placement. I went back to the cutting table and made some new ones. Here they are, nine and a...
Read MoreI made 10 bullseyes, so one winner will get a bonus. I really like these colors. This was a fun...
Read MoreSophie asked me to click the button for the Random Number Generator that chooses the winners of the May leaf blocks. Ta-da! Karen N. will receive 56 blocks Wendy will receive 56 blocks Barbara S. will receive 48 blocks Congratulations, ladies. (As per usual, Sophie will email the mailing instructions to everyone who made blocks for this month’s drawing. )
Read MoreHere is one butterfly to donate. for this month. There may be a couple more, though April is fast...
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