Yesterday was such a lovely day for a Spring walk to the mailbox. Congrats to Barb P!

Fun and easy to make. Went together just like it should. this is the only one from me this month.  Too many quilts that need to be finished. The background really is yellow and the cactus is...

from Margaret.  Thank you.

I mailed the broken dishes blocks this morning.  Hope to spend some sewing time today working on this month’s cactus pots.

Received Dutchman’s Puzzle blocks from Teresa in Texas on the 31st. One more to go and I can get started! They are going to be such a bright, happy quilt that even the waiting is fun. Passing by sometimes, I just sort through the pile, admiring all the fabrics and the nice straight edges, and thinking about cornerstones. Tiny pinwheels or tiny QSTs?...

March,  27 quilters made 97 of these 8 inch (finished size) blocks–a variation of the traditional Broken Dishes block, using lighter and darker blue fabrics combined with white. Peggy made this one. The blocks were won by Kathie and Barb P. Guidelines and the link to the block directions are in this post:   Blue Broken Dishes (Star) In March     The tag for ALL blog posts about this month’s block: dishes   This post...

Moira and Celine were having problems posting their blocks and emailed the photos to me earlier this month.   Here they are. From Moira:   From...

I’m cutting it close, but this has been a rollercoaster month.  These were really fun to put together, and I enjoyed digging through my 2.5″ strips bin to find interesting color...

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Three Broken Dish Stars from me this month. All six blues used in the blocks are actually different fabrics, though it’s hard to tell in this photo. I did use the same WOW in all three, though.  Made these on Sunday, but nearly forgot to post them in...

  I have two blocks made for this ...

Here’s my second broken dish block for this month. Sorry the photo is so dark.  I had to use my phone which obviously I am not that good at.  I could not get pictures to upload using the SD card in my camera.  It kept giving me a http error.  There’s a better pic on my blog… http://new2quilting.blogspot.com/2017/03/broken-dish-block-2-for-block-lotto.html...