I I couldn’t get the templates to print to right size, it may be me, or it maybe that we have A4 paper as the standard here.   So had fun with a pair of compasses and a ruler!  The paper-based rays were straight forward and used far less fabric than I expected!  But using the 6-min method to put on the background chopped off half the points, so unpicked and decided to applique the curved sections, turned out fine.  But only one for...

I just don’t see how I can get any more blocks completed before the end of this month. June just whizzed by and now company is coming to visit so, even though, I really really really want to make another block or two I don’t think it’s good form to go sewing up in my room with guests in the house!! LOL!!! So here is one at least to donate to the lottery. I first made an arc and well, I didn’t notice that I needed to put...

Yay! I got 1 done! It’s probably the only one I will get done.

I got a shock when I read that Sophie had sent out the sneak peak – what happened to June?  Took time to make a sunrise block before I missed out entirely.  I haven’t been avoiding it because of difficulty – just busy, and it is not a block that you can knock out a set in the morning, for sure.  I might find time for a second, but will post this one now so I’m sure it’s...

I persevered through a bad first attempt and finally got these cute blocks done!  Can I just say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE these cute little Sunrises.  Whoever wins all of them will have a darling quilt!  I think these are my very favorite lotto pattern.   P.S.  Piecing the blocks gave me no trouble at all.   My only struggle was that I printed them the wrong size and pieced 4 of them before I realized it; thus, the photo shows 4 completed blocks...

I’ve had a couple of email messages from people about printing and sizes and measurements today … and I thought others might also have questions. This is what the print options look like when I print (from an iMac).  You may have to change the orientation from portrait to landscape so that it fits on the page in a way that it nearly FILLS the page.  In the bottom half of the screen, you can see that I have the Auto Rotate option...

Just in May  I was visiting my Mom’s sewing group and she was finishing up some NY Beauty quilt blocks.  Her friend asked if I quilted like my Mom and I said, “I would NEVER do a bunch of  complicated pieced blocks like that.  So I also groaned when I saw this month’s blocks. But, after the first one (which I did for the MMQA)  they were much easier than I anticipated thanks to Sophie’s helpful instructions and...

Hi everyone, Here are two sunrise blocks from me. I thought the one on white background needed some tweeking but looks okay in the photo. I need to mentally prepare to make my sampler ones now. ...

I groaned when I saw this block and found out I had to make 10 for my sampler. I also know myself well enough to know that if I didn’t get them made this month they would never get made and my sampler would go on the UFO pile.  I’m also one that doesn’t shy away from a challenge so I plunged in this weekend to get these made since I’ll be out of town at a family reunion next weekend. Surprise! They really aren’t...

I made my block after I got the sneak peak email. And I sent a picture of it to Sophie for the virtual quilt. But I wasn’t happy with the block. Especially after seeing everyone else’s perfectly pieced blocks. My center was a little lopsided and the points didn’t reach it like they should. So I ripped the center out and attached it again and it still wasn’t right. So I ripped out the seams for the background and redid...

Here is my contribution for...

I had to struggle to make this come out the correct size, but in the end it worked out. I paper-pieced the rays first, and appliquéd the yellow center on pretty easily, but ran into challenges when I tried to reverse-applique the outside border onto the paper-pieced center. For my next block (for my own sampler) I think I will try to make the ray unit first and then appliqué that unit to a 14.5 x 7.5 rectangle. Then I will cut away the back,...