A quilt from my 2016 win
Finally a finish from my October 2016 win. Thank you everyone for your contribution. Apologies for the photo, it was taken outside on a sunny...
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Have to say I really don’t like the new wordpress system — it’s taken a long time to figure out how to get my photo into the post… not intuitive at all! (for those who haven’t tried, the option to add a photo shows up as a little toolbar at the bottom of the post, but only if you happen to (accidentally, in my case) move your cursor to the bottom of your screen.) and, I may have accidentally set my photo as the main photo for the blog — I’m not sure — and if so, I don’t know how to fix it!...
read moreWhat if (a quilt design idea)
What if you make (or win) a bunch of this month’s blocks, but … You want to make a large quiltYou want something different than “balls” In the block directions, I suggested you could think of this block as a blocky Drunkards Path block and consider layouts used for that traditional quilt unit. What about this one? Drunkard’s Path quilt found online In this traditional quilt, an equal number of blocks are made with opposite fabric placement, so for a Drunkard’s Fireball quilt, you’d need to make some...
read moreUsing the New Editor
With the latest update update, there is a new editor. It was known as Gutenberg when it was under development and is now just called the WordPress Block Editor. It looks a little different and that may be a bit daunting … to refresh your memory, here’s how a new post in the old (now called Classic) editor looks: And here’s how the new Block Editor looks when you start: The new Block editor includes many types of “blocks” you can add and customize in your posts. For us, we’ll mostly use Paragraph and Image...
read moreFireballs
I knew I took a photo of my blocks a while ago… but then couldn’t find it as I was looking for a picture of “three blocks” and not a “three-quarter block!!!” Duh! Nice block to start the year. Three Fireballs for donation. Karen...
read moreScrappy Stars Received
So far I have received December Scrappy Stars from: Nann Cathy K. in UT Linda W. in PA Peggy I really never realized that there were so many beautiful purple fabrics. Beautiful blocks! Thank you!
read moreJanuary Fireball blocks
Entering nine blocks for the lotto. These will make a really cute quilt for the...
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January Fireballs Two blocks from me so far this month. Love the block. I practiced my paper piecing for these...
read moreEight Fireballs
These are my eight Fireball blocks for the drawing this month. I love these so much and my fingers are crossed. 🙂 FIREBALLS! No forest floor raking...
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