Tah Dah!

Seems we have all been side-tracked for awhile or at least most of us have. It is great to see many of our group are back participating. Everyone's blocks look fabulous. I, too, have been sewing like mad in an effort to catch-up.


Week 43 Blindman's Fancy was a real struggle. I am convinced the directions are wrong. Nothing fit together so I just wacked of that spacer strip to make the HST edges fit. Maybe I cut things wrong but I sure as heck don't want to do this one again to see where I went wrong.


Week 44 Gamecock went together fine. It will probably join the other homespun blocks in a quilt someday.


Week 45 Cross in a Cross was super easy. I may use this one someday for a whole quilt. It has the appearance of blocks set on point (which I really like) without all those mind numbing math calculations that make my head spin.


Week 46 Carolyn's Star is really nice but I found it too tedious to keep all the parts in the right position. As a single block it's great but to make enough for a whole top, no way!


Week 47 That's My Baby. What a boring block. I guess it would be usefull as an alternative to a Postage Stamp or Irish Chain type scrap quilt.


Week 48 Indian Star is a nice simple block. I'm not sure where the name comes in or what it has to do with Indians but I'd use this one again.


Week 49 Cross and Ring didn't work out for me on my first try. Those bitty little triangles just didn't provide enough contrast and the pattern is all mushed up. So I tried again using different fabric and switched the outside strips, too.


It sure shows up as a pieced block better than my first attempt and the "ring" part stands out.


Week 50 Double Hour Glass should be called Triple Hourglass. I kinda like this one. It's quite different and looks more complicated to construct than it actually is.

I plan to make this week's block today and then I will be ready to make week 52 on time and end the year with a feeling of accomplishment.

I want to thank Donna for starting Friday Block Party and all those who have shared their blocks and offered encouraging comments all year. Thanks, too, to Hetty for stepping in to relieve Donna. I have especially enjoyed reading everyone's personal blogs. I don't always leave comments but I do read them all and get so much inspiration from all of you. I for one would love to see us continue. I am anxious to see what everyone creates with their blocks and continue to enjoy the challenge of putting little triangles and squares together in new combinations.

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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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.

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!

Game Cocks

This went together like a dream! Quite a challenge with all those tiny pieces and lots of seams but it worked beautifully. I looked up game cocks on wiki as I guessed it was something to do with chooks but being English was unaware it was a sports name too.

The autumn light is not so good for taking photos at the moment, we do get the odd bright moment from time to time if you can catch it!

week 44

This week's challenge block is Game Cocks -- lots and lots of little pieces to play with!