Playing with blocks and other endeavors

Free Wheelin'

The little quilt I've been showing you is finished! As you may know, it is the Quilt of the Month for the Appalachian Heritage Quilters guild for February.  Usually, I am scrambling to get the QOM quilts finished before the meeting - but I got 'er done early this time.



The block for this quilt is called the 10-minute block.
 

 There is a 5-minute block, too, which is basically, half of the 10-minute one. It forms a 3-D triangle! 'Thing is, if you have a lot of these babies in a quilt - it is a bear to quilt. So, if you decide to do something with the 5-minute block, keep the need for quilting space in mind.



 

Another little block I played with is the "exploding" block. It is made without a single 1/2 or 1/4 square triangle! Eeezy-Peezy. 




With no pressing projects nagging at me, today was Label Day. I already had the labels made for 4 quilts - and it was time to attach them. I am a big proponent of putting labels on quilts. If you have bought any of my patterns (My Craftsy Patterns), you have seen the "Apply the Label" section, and know why. 


When Mother died, she had 2 unfinished quilts. I took the top that was finished, and my DS took the unfinished one. The problem was that we had no clue who had made either of them. It could have been Granny, my great aunt, or Mother. So now, I try to keep info in each project box about the project, and put an informative label on the finished quilt. I hope you do, too. It's important. Your heirs may long for a sense of who you were. They will want to feel connected to you, even if they never knew you personally. 

Let's get back to quilting (and labeling)!

Who made this mess in the studio? (and more)

I must confess - I did! Ok, it’s really not so bad, but what you can’t see is all of the batting fuzz, thread bits, pins, and other such “droppings” all over the floor. And I can’t find anything. I have 5 roll-up measuring tapes. Yesterday I needed one and couldn’t find any of them! That means a couple of them are buried somewhere and no telling where I put the others.

There is no quilter’s law regarding the organization or neatness of a sewing room. Whatever floats your boat, works. I like to de-clutter before I start a new project - mostly to find lost things, and put stuff back where I usually look for it. Let the desire to increase the joy of quilting show you where (or if) you might need to organize things. Start with what frustrates you most. Just make that one thing better. The next organization project will present itself at the right time.

January Quilt of the Month

I managed to finish Shadow Me This in the nick of time to present it to the guild on Thursday this week. Whew! I'm sorry that you can't see the colors in the thread very well. They are perfect for this quilt. The thread is from Superior Threads, SoFine #40, #703: Great Barrier Reef. So now, it’s on to February!

Now, let's go quilting!