Took me almost four years, but so thrilled with my...

My Old MacDonald Mystery Sampler is now a top! It’s pretty wild!  I think I’ll have fun hand quilting this...

Couldn’t find the time to join in 2016 but I did finish an older quilt from this wonderful site. And ready to start another again. Check out out the finished project quilted to 1/2 an...

I have not made any January hearts yet, but I did finish my top using the 2016 blocks and Sophie’s Old MacDonald design. My changes included different butterflies, different spiky leaves and extra chickens and chicks … I really enjoyed making those birds, and didn’t submit any for the lotto because I wanted to keep them all. Thanks, Sophie for the cute design and a great year of...

For those looking for the block directions for the chicks in the Old MacDonald’s Mystery Sampler layout … here they are. These are traditionally pieced and although you start with quite a few pieces–some which are quite small, they go together quite quickly. All the triangle shapes are added using the technique I usually call “Snowball corners” (somehow appropriate because snow is starting to fall in Santa Fe).  You...

Roosters for my sampler quilt. I still need to do lots more to catch up – sunflowers, grasses, chickens, barn doors, rest of the barn and that butterfly on a different background....

I’m finally catching up with blocks for my Old MacDonald Sampler. I tried the Spikey Blocks for July but just couldn’t seem to make them work for me so I made these alternate Spikey Blocks instead.   These are my August Purple Mountain Majesties. And these are my September Barn...

Here are my eight bullseyes blocks for my sampler quilt OMMS, and are to add to the sky. The colours are brighter and more blue in reality, lighting can be...

Okay the lighting is not the best but I am able to make a tally of OMMS blocks. Note also this is not the planned layout. Sky 6/6 Snails 7/7 (1 may be replaced lower right) violets 11/11 butterflies for sky 3/4 for mountain 0/1 green leaves ground cover 8/8 for mountain 6/6 So 2 butterflies are missing, better progress than expected. thanks...

I started to write this post at the end of April, but can’t remember why I didn’t publish it!  These are my butterflies that I added to the draw and four with sky backgrounds for OMMS,  together with the pile of removed papers!  I do prefer my darker backgrounds and the scrap-striped wings.  I now have a reasonable selection of paler neutrals and whites, but this was a gap in my fabric collection before joining in with Block Lotto...

Here’s four leaf blocks for my OMMS. I chose green for my ground cover so for these four sets of leaves I used dark green for the background and lime green for the leaves so hopefully there would be enough...

Here’s my butterflies for the OMMS minus one that will be made at a later date.  Looks like I have a thing for orange polka dotted...