HOORAY - I AM UP TO DATE

I have been steaming away at my sewing machine this week, and it has paid off, because I am right up to date with all the blocks now, I just have to make the one that was loaded today. To say I have a BIG smile on my face is putting it mildly!!!!

Wyoming Valley - week 5

Cathy's Star - Week 14

Flyfoot - Week 18

Northumberland Star - Week 33

Hope of Hartford - Week 37

Castle in the Air - Week 35

I have no idea how I got it back to front

Fool's Square - Week 39

Double Quartet - Week 36

Nelson's Victory - Week 38

Mosaic 3 - Week 32

Blindman's Fancy - Week 43

This one drove me half nuts, what on earth is 11/16 all about cos it didn't fit for me!

I will give it a good press and hopefully it will lay flat, darn thing...

Game Cocks - Week 44

Flight of Swallows - Week 41

Yep I know the colours are not as the block on site, but my birds are

entirely surrounded by sky - that's my story and I am sticking to it!!!

Carolyn's Star - Week 46

This one and the other similar one are very pretty BUT -

never again...

That's my Baby - Week 47

Album Star - Week 40

I really like this block may use it again...

Cross in a Cross - Week 45

Baton Rouge Square - Week 42

Indian Square - Week 48

another really good block, proves that to KISS is the thing to do...

So there we are ladies, I am all up to date, bar today's block.

YIPPEE

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Fool's Square

A Fool and Her Puzzle

I did this using the kid prints, since it was a small one. I rather liked the way the block went togther, after I switched the HST blocks out of the corners. I didn't like the choppy way they looked - too much contrast, perhaps? The HST corners may have been effective as a secondary pattern, but I didn't like the way they looked on the solo block.

I think I'll use all the small blue "Kids' Blocks" in one quilt... at least they are no longer orphans, right?

Major Catch-up!

September was a busy month, with an out-of-town visitor and two weeks of travel -- so I fell woefully behind. But I'm happy to say that I'm now almost caught up! Here they are in order:

Northumberland Star -- week 33: I hated making this block, and I don't think there's enough value contrast between the red and the brown.
Rally Round -- week 34: I decided that the 9" blocks are now going to be made with Asian fabrics. This one was a pain to make, too, mostly because I did the little triangles wrong the first time -- but I really love the way it came out!
Castle in the Air -- week 35: One of my favorite blocks. Maybe it's the name?
Hope of Hartford -- week 37: I LOVE this block!
Nelson's (spotty) Victory -- week 38: easy to make, but I don't see much potential for it in a scrappy quilt.
Fool's Square -- week 39: I sort of like the "transparency" effect in this one but other than that I think it's sort of clunky...
Now I'm just missing weeks 29 and 36 -- maybe by next weekend I'll be done with all of them.

Victorious Fool in Hartford

Here are the last three weeks worth of blocks done during the wee hours this morning.

Week 39~ Fool's Square-Made with leftover half square triangles and 2&1/2" squares from my scrap bin. It goes with nothing and will be added to my growing collection of orphans.



Week 38~ Nelson's Victory-Or maybe I should call it Nelson in Drag! Very feminine fabrics. I made this with leftovers again so it measures 8" and I didn't bother reading the directions.



Week 37~Hope of Hartford-I'm hopeless. For this one I carefully read the directions and followed them.....I thought. Somehow my color placement ended up wrong and the darn thing is spinning in reverse. Oh well, just hold it up to a mirror and it will be correct.



At least I got through all three of these block without ever using my seam ripper. That's a major accomplishment for me!

Fooled Again

I fall for this yellow fabric every time! It is bright and cheery and I always forget that it is thin and it can't hold a shape. I'm not sure where I got it but it makes every block it is in all wonky.

My first block!

Hey there! New here. This is my first block. I have been sewing for quite sometime, but I am way better at applique than piecing. I hope through practice I will improve. I haven't done any traditional pieced quilting for years and boy can you tell! Still, I am not going to get hung up on it, just yet. I want to get the feel for making the blocks before I start fretting over matching the seems. So that means you all are going to be subjected to some crooked blocks for awhile!

A Crappy Fool's Square and the Cat's Meow Envelope Motif

Here is my crappy Fool's Square. I had a hard time with this one, I even had to rip apart the 9-patch and re-do it. When I was putting the final sections together none of the points were aligning and by this time I had ripped apart so many seams I had enough. It's done, and it's not a favorite. I suspect part of my problem is that I'm recovering from a nasty migraine headache that hit me yesterday, and even though the headache finally left this afternoon, I'm still feeling a bit out of sorts.

Even with the trouble I had with this week's block I decide to sew up week 28 Envelope Motif and I had much better luck with it. A few of the points are slightly off, but over all it went together much better and no ripping out of seams.

No Fools Here!

OMG! I think I am writing the 400th post! Is that possible? So many posts on this Party in less than a year!

This is Fool's Square. I am not fussy on the name. And I don't know if I like it or not, but it was quick and easy. Perhaps it will grow on me. I used batiks or batik-like fabrics.

week 39

Another pretty easy looking block for this week -- Fool's Square...