Janice McC

Good morning from Snowy (what did I say???) Georgia. Yup, big ole fat flakes are falling but since it's hovering just at 33 degrees, it won't last long.

In any case, I've heard from Bluelady and she is working both hard at her job and on her blocks! And as for me, today is my day to tackle my last block, although it will have to wait until after "the girls" and I have our morning constitutional, but this time in the snow! Got to enjoy it before it disappears in a couple of hours.

seasaw2mch

It's two different blocks , the one with the star is called "braided Star" The second one, well that's a whole different animal.
It started out as the "Irish Log Cabin" but the crosses were straight up and down instead of from corner to corner. So I redrew the block so they would go corner to corner like the Braided Star blocks. but in doing so it made the flowers short and stubby because there isn't as much room on the sides as there are in the corners. I didn't like it at all so I removed one of the logs where the flowers were and it gave me more room for the flower and also made it easier to make the flowers without cutting off the points.

One thing I will change if I ever do this block again is to make the leaves of the flowers longer. The reason for that is so I don't have to worry about matching them to the corners in the flower and I can zip through it faster. If you look real close at my blocks you will notice that not all of them match up but I'm ok with them the way they are because I've never seem flowers in a real garden that were perfect either. LOL "That's my excuse & I'm sticking to it!!!!"

seasaw2mch

Wow Janice, that is one pretty quilt and even though we do other types of blocks there is NO way I want to match up all those tiny squares. LOL My blocks are way more simpler then what you have here so don't short your self on that.

NanaKathy55

Janice
THANK YOU so much for taking the time to download & post my blocks for me..I really appreciate it!!!!!
And thanks to all the ladies for making my beautiful blocks!!

Janice McC

You are most welcome!

terriamn

Just dropped my UFO with quilter, it should be done next week ascquiltercwants to rip Her machine apart and give it an overhaul. Yahoo. As soon as I'm feeling better will cut binding so it's ready to go

Bee Beatty

Terriamn....good to see you back from the land of Zzzzzs

Worked on my UFO blocks from Boom 11. Thanks to everyone's good suggestions. I incorporated them all. The borders around the center block are so much nicer than the photo. Tomorrow I will decide on a fabric to cut and sew half-square triangles together to finish the big center. Then on to final border before adding all the blocks as outer borders.

Love seeing everyone's progress photos.

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Libster

Snowy day here too today. Out of boredom, I've made myself another block. We're expecting another snow storm to come in tomorrow afternoon AND another one on Sunday. Good grief..enough already!! Oh well, I have two more blocks cut out, ready to put together.
If I can make myself sandwich (I hate doing this) my greatgrandson's top, I guess I'll join the UFO club with you guys. I really do need to get it finished. If I can get it sandwiched, I'll machine quilt it myself. Just something simple. I love doing the binding. Somebody wanta' give me a swift kick in the rear to get me started? LOL

Difergie

Bee, that is beautiful!

Difergie

[ATTACH=CONFIG]511467[/ATTACH]Snow has me captive also! Added 12" blocks on one side. Went through leftover blocks from previous swaps, and found an outhouse from a house block swap! Well, the quilt is 'a walk around the neighborhood' - so why not! Lol..onward