Blocks made and Blocks mailed
I mailed my Wings of Spring blocks to Karen B a week ago, and they will take a couple of weeks to arrive. Apologies for the delay, but HAD to show them to my monthly group (and I missed the meeting in March!) Here are my three Twin Sisters blocks for April. I like the little pin-wheels that happen when they go together. Although I try to make the blocks as soon as possible in the month, I wait until I have mailed the previous month’s before posting about them. These for donation. Karen...
read moreTwin Sisters table topper
When I was testing out my instructions for this month’s Twin Sisters block, I used some of my brown scraps. I’ve put them together so that you can see what they look like. You can see the Twin Sister block and the pinwheel that is formed when the blocks are put together. I think as a blue and white scrappy quilt, they will be great. If you haven’t made any this month, I hope you’ll try a few. Currently there are enough for 2 winners. Check the blog post with the the list of participants and blocks to check that...
read moreFly, a baby quilt
FLY Every year the Minnesota Quilters’ President chooses a charity and a style or theme for the President’s Challenge. This year the challenge is Creative Edge, a baby quilt with fun, creative border and or bindings. One of my favorite binding tricks is adding rickrack. I didn’t win last month’s Block Lotto but I really like the Wings of Spring block so I made some more and I think they make a charming baby...
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More Wings of Spring arrived
I returned from a few weeks of vacation to find lots of Wings in my mail. I’d like to thank Cathy L, Julie P, Linda W, Marsha, Sherry and Teresa for their blocks. The blocks are all lovely. What a fun month to be a winner. Thanks, Kathie L
read moreWings of Spring are all home!
Last week blocks and a sweet letter arrived from Carol. This week blocks arrived from Elizabeth. I have all of my Wings of Spring blocks now. Thank you so much!
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4 Twins from Mississippi
These are all I had time for this month but I really enjoyed the pattern. My blocks from March have been mailed and received...
read moreSending Blocks/Making Blocks
I sent my Wings blocks to Kathy in Ohio today. And I made 9 Twin Sisters for the April draw. They were a lot of fun to construct and I loved the two-color choice.
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Looks like they uploaded. Had to try 6 times. Finally worked. Hope it comes through ok. Here are my 2 blocks for this months draw. :)Carol...
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