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In addition to two of each of the "regular" colors I made two black blocks and two multicolor ones. I forgot how many fun prints I had in black and multicolor.
I bought this colorful alphabet on the border at the museum sale. I guess blue is my favorite border color. I use other colors but I always go back to blue. Do you have a favorite border color?
Every block has 15 print squares plus one white one. That makes 300 squares, right? So why do I still have a full box of 3.5 in. squares? (Magic?)
The top will be donated to the Children's Advocacy Center in Milwaukee.
The Color Block Stars pattern is available for free HERE. It was part of a block drive last year for Many Hands Many Hearts on the Oh Scrap blog. (Thanks, Cynthia!)
Working on the top reminded me to get started on some blocks for the current MHMH block drive. We're making these easy "potato chip-ish" blocks in complimentary colors. I'm a little short on red and green prints (except for novelties of course!) but I had some orange/blue and yellow/purple to get started on.
In Progress
Once I finished the Color Block Stars top I went digging in the kits, block sets, etc. for the next project. I chose a partial kit I cut a few weeks ago to make Stack It Up, a Lori Holt pattern.
Last winter I really got into watching Lori Holt's videos on YouTube. She has so many fun ideas for scrappy quilts. Click HERE for the video for her 4 in. finished Stack It Up. I wanted slightly bigger blocks, so I scaled mine up to 6 in. finished by cutting all the pieces from 2 in. strips.
So that's all the sewing news from our house. But there is something even better than happened.
Our eldest daughter finished her Master's degree! That's quite an accomplishment while working full time as a first grade teacher and looking after her husband and two teenagers. We're very proud of her!
Have a good week, everyone, and thanks for reading this!
Cheers,
Sylvia@Treadlestitches
Linking up with:
Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday
Angela at So Scrappy
Cynthia at Oh Scrap
Your color block star quilt is so fun, Sylvia - lots to look at! How fun to have your treacle machine right by the window and be able to sew while dinner is cooking, too. I would love that! Congratulations to your daughter on her master's degree - that's a wonderful accomplishment.
ReplyDeleteI love your starry quilt and was tickled to find when reading further down that you linked the pattern and that it had been used for MHMH. Having your treadle in the dining room is such a great idea. Mine is by a window, too (I love it), but it is in an upstairs bedroom, so I use it mostly for quilting and do my piecing in the living room so I'm in the middle of all the action (well as much action as two 70+ year old seniors can have).
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your daughter, Speaking from experience it is hard! (Although I wasn't working at the time...) I like the idea of the stack it up block. I may go visit the site and pick up the pattern. Thanks for the suggestion. Have fun making them.
ReplyDeleteWhoot Whoot!!Congrats on the Masters!! that is impressive. Love your star quilt - and the MHMH blocks!
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