Sorry this is late, but there are two reasons. One was the two-week visit from my best friend, taking in the Cincinnati Quilt Show and a trip to Pigeon Forge-Gatlingburg for sight-seeing. The other was indecision. When I made the list of the 12 months last fall, I had one idea for April. Lately, another idea had been driving me crazy. So I ( Read more... )

Here are all my finished blocks, through June. There's one blank there for July, August, or September - and I have two more to make. I'm working on October, and it's almost done. I'll finish it tonight. Then I'll pick one of the other three to work on, and eventually, I'll catch up, but not sure how long it will take. At least one thing will ( Read more... )

My friend posted a picture of the block I finished for her last month. This is the one before the one in my last post. Got that? LOL This is another one I adapted from a free design at Twigs N Sprigs.


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I'm still behind, but I did accomplish these things on Saturday and today, between a gazillion errands and "fixits."

Birdie Stitches for April:

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Betcha thought I forgot, din't ya? I didn't. I've had the .pdf up for a few days, actually, just need to post the link for you and show you a picture of this month's block. Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted it, too, so I've had to upload it again. Hope you like . . .

The Blue Fairy

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I finished this today.


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A couple of pictures for my setting for block one. You can see my backstitch needs some practice. It's a stitch I've never used until the Ozzie designers' patterns. I'm not crazy about it, but I will perfect it. I much prefer outline stitch or stem stitch, but I thought this provided some variety. The threads are Sassa Lynne cotton fine perle ( Read more... )

Here's the final seam on Allie's mom's block. The threads are really light colored, but they show up in reality.


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