Remember how I said we were considering skipping around on the blocks in order to leave all the applique blocks to the end but decided to just be brave and go in order? Well, that brought us to block #4 and the first of the applique blocks. I had … [Continue reading] about Ode to the 1930’s-blocks #4 & 5
After our first block, we were a teensy bit aggravated at the pattern. It's awesome, but the designer mostly cuts squares into triangles and sews them together. This causes stretching on the bias and wonky squares, and doesn't utilize all the quick … [Continue reading] about Ode to the 1930’s-blocks #2 & 3
You may recall that my quilting partner, ShaRee, and I spent 2014 making barn blocks into quilt tops. We have embarked on some new adventures that I will write about later. We meet every other week to sew so we decided we could invite a friend to … [Continue reading] about Ode to the 1930’s: A Sampler Quilt
February is here and it's time to sign up for Carolyn's challenge! I did half of this challenge last year and this year I am signing up for it all, both A and B. … [Continue reading] about Gentle Spectrums 2015
Books read: 139 Pages read: 43,972 Of the books read: Non-fiction: 7 New-to-me authors: 36 Continuing series books: 26 Re-reads: 20 Audio-books: 37 Various book club reads: 17 Challenges completed: 10 of 10 Ongoing tally of … [Continue reading] about Sue’s Reading Stats for 2014