Vintery, mintery, cuttery, corn, Apple seed and apple thorn, Wire, briar, limber lock Twenty-seven geese in a flock Nine flew East Nine flew West And  nine have a new home in the Midwest! ( I’ve sent three blocks made of three geese each from Illinois to Ohio, California, and Iowa.) Nann

Sophie warned about getting the orientation right. You can see what happens if you sew without paying...

I mailed my 9 colorful birds to the 3 winners yesterday morning.

Though Sophie included the photo of my May geese in the instructions post, I am posting the picture separately — I want to be sure my entry counts this month ’cause I’d love to win these blocks....

Here are my nine birds for this month’s...

Here are my nine “steps” blocks for March.  These were fun to...

Here are two low-volume hearts for this month’s lotto.   I may make more. Each year I make a quilt for the silent auction at our Boys & Girls Club “Have a Heart” fundraiser. I don’t have to make a heart-themed quilt but the occasion is a good excuse. It’s more efficient for me to make a whole bunch of the units at a time because I have to get up to press. (The ironing board is deliberately at a remove from my...

I mailed the Tall Fly blocks to the three recipients on Saturday. Here are last month’s Crossed Stars, now a flimsy.   The swap provided nearly all the blocks I needed for this setting. I had to make only two additional blocks.  I think that the ruby-red tone-on-tone setting triangles are sufficient so I will not add borders. I have an intense turquoise fabric that will be excellent for the binding.  I think I have chosen the backing...

Sophie entrusted me with the responsibility of selecting the winners of the January blocks.  There were 234 blocks created, with 193 being entries in the drawing. (The others were donated or beyond the 9-per-player quota…..they were such fun blocks to make — it was hard to stop at 9.) Drum roll, please!  The random number generator turned up five numbers that belonged to Cyndi, Rho, Lori, and Christa, who have each won 49 blocks,...

Today’s mail brought blocks from Kathy Snider and Gail Griffin. Thank you both!

Oh, I guess I can post the photo now! I got the “sneak peek” message on December 24 and promptly made 9 blocks. I love the color...

This was a good exercise in fabric selection.  I’m partial to on-point...