Just two poppies
Here are the only two I have time to make this month. It was fun to play with my scrap pile. Kathie...
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Here are my four California poppy block for August. Great idea Julie, the colours look great. Good luck everyone....
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Years ago we had a drawing for orphan lotto blocks. Blocks that were rejected for because of color, size, just not right. I won a batch. This is hanging at our local quilt show this year. I finally finished it. Sometimes I left them as is and added framing. Other times I cut added to them. It was fun to put...
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Now I am a little worried as to my choice of fabrics. I hope they pass the test. It wouldn’t be my first rejection...
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I have been anxiously checking my post-box daily for the past three months, and I am sorry to report that our postal system seems to have slowed down to almost a standstill. The last envelope in was on 19 June….. Yesterday I was happily surprised to get a sixth envelope with blocks, thank-you Kathy S! I have now received blocks from: Cathy K, Christa, Kathy S, Linda E, Peggy M and Robin. To Angie, Barbara P, Cathy L, Kathleen, Linda N, Mary S and Sophie, all I can say is, thank-you, and that maybe they are languishing in a warehouse...
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I am withdrawing my two blocks. I love the prints I used but I take it we were not suppose to use prints. M Reeves
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Here are my eight California Poppies blocks for this months drawing. And here’s hoping the California wildfires are extinguished quickly, with minimum further damage. My heart breaks for my home...
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Poppy Questions – answered
I received some questions about the poppy block, so I thought I’d answer them “in public” — Q: I thought the color placement was to look somewhat like the block pictured on the instructions page with the reds, oranges and yellows EACH making diagonal “trails” on the block, copying the diagonal “trail” of the green squares? A: No, only the green squares make trails — the red/orange/yellow squares are more or less randomly placed. I think when the blocks are placed together it will look...
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