fancy pants

I was hoping to get a little further ahead -- and I might still! -- but here is Blindman's Fancy from a couple of weeks ago. This may have cured me of any desire to do a feathered star quilt...

I drafted this in EQ6 which made everything much easier. I'm happy to send the file to anyone who has the program, or maybe I can convert it to some other kind of document.

Sorry its late -- one of those week's (OK more like months!)...

this week's block is Cross in a Cross for those managing to still do blocks :-)

Plaid Baton

It looks like there's a lot of catching up going on so I don't feel too bad. I actually got week 42 done on time but never got it posted. I used some dark blue homespun and a piece of yellow plaid I had laying on the ironing board rather than dig through my stash. I really had to concentrate to keep the HST going in the right direction. It's a rather odd block and will be added to the orphan bunch. I hope to get the last 2 week's blocks done today so I'll be all caught up before Donna posts the new one tomorrow. I can't believe we are down to 8 weeks left!!

Gamecock and another catch-up.

This first block is another old one; Rotunda, from week 4, I think. As I was making it I decided it should have been called "Big Top" because of the colors I chose - and, of course, the elephants! Never being one to let well enough alone, I changed the color position of the 'outside' green and swapped it with the wacky red print. Reads better... more fun!

I did my Week 44 block, Gamecock, the way Hetty did... using the dark square in the center insteadof the light background color. I like the color distribution better, but I notice the "birds" are more difficult to see that way. Their little heads disappear.

Two More From the WayBack Machine!

I really am getting more of these "old" blocks finished... now if I could just do something about the focus on my pictures! The blocks are not as wonky as the photos are making them look, really.

The first one is actually the second one - makes no sense? HHmmm... Well, it is the block from week two, "Footstool". But I didn't like the way the hourglass blocks sat, so I rotated them 1/2 turn... and now this probably isn't Footstool any more at all, since there is a star in the middle that wasn't there in Marcia's block. Oh, Well.



This second exhibit is "Dewey Dream"... week three. And no, we don't dream of Dewey - sorry, Melvil. I no longer dream of Dewey Numbers, LC Numbers, OCLC, MARC Records, ISBN, Authority Control, Due Dates, Spine Labels, the Patriot Act, Fourth Amendment Rights or any other Library business. AAAAHHHGGHH!
Couldn't resist making this block "Black and White and Re(a)d All Over" though, tee hee.

Still Catching Up...

I'm having a realy hard time getting all four of these photos to "stick" onto this post! Well, maybe if I'd just do the blocks weekly (instead of weakly?)and post them one at a time, this blogging thing would work out better for me. We'll see.
Anyway, I'm trying to post photos of blocks 40-43 in reverse order... earliest first. This first one is "Fools Puzzle". I really like the bright green bubble fabric, too bad I'm almost out of it! The blues are too similar, so the silly birds don't show off as well as I'd like. This block will go into the "Kid Quilt" for Valley of the Moon Children's Center in California.



Next is "Flight of Swallows", one of my all-time favorite patterns. I made my niece Leena's graduation quilt of this blockand it turned out nicely... I did each bird square 12", though. The Batik and Hawaiian Print quilt looked very crisp without sashing - just a self-border of the darker fabric. (And a thin strip of bright pink Batik to releive the all-blue look). These aren't the fabrics I used, but I found it hard to see this pattern in any but the same colors I used!

"Album Star" is the next one. This is a sweet little 'girly' block... (do you supppose I think it is girly because of the fabrics I chose, or did I choose the fabric because it is a girly block?) I could just see it as a baby shower present - not made by me, though... I like HSTs, but I don't like doing bias triangles. Maybe working with them could be a new challenge for me, eh?

This final block is "Blind Man's Fancy" and you'd have to be blind to fancy making this again! The center square really was an odd size. I made it a skooch bigger, but should have gone even larger to get the points to meet better. I found the 'long' strips to be too short as well, but whatever. Sometimes directions are odd.

I really liked the way this block came out, even if it is 13" instead of the 12 1/2" it is supposed to be.

Off to do week 44 now... maybe.

Game Cock Block

This block was easy and quick. Even with all those little pieces, it was not difficult. I put a batik centre in mine because I thought it was too light. But that may have been the lighting in here today. We have had a day of steady rain.

Having never been a fan of any kind of blood sport, I don't like the name of this block. Unfortunately right now I am nearly brain dead from doing nothing all day so I can't think of a new name for it. And I'm not into football.

Edit: Just saw the comments on Rosa-Munda's post. Now I know what to call my block! "Cock-a-Doodle Dooooo"! Because I didn't hear the call of the rooster this morning!