Royal Challenge 2016 She's Got Books on her Mind hosted the Reading Road Trip Challenge 2015 and it was fun to play along with her so I decided to join her upcoming challenge which is to read books with a royal theme: books that center around … [Continue reading] about More reading challenges for 2016
America the Beautiful-fields & trees
We made the deciduous tree blocks at our previous session and they went together quite easily. We can sew things up quickly when we already have the blocks all cut out in kits. Because this quilt is showing more of our individualism, our three block … [Continue reading] about America the Beautiful-fields & trees
2016 Reading Challenges from My Reader’s Block
I usually do all my reading challenge sign-ups in one big post at the end of December, but since these are now open and I know I will be signing up for them again, I figured I might as well go ahead and do it. As Forrest Gump would say, "One less … [Continue reading] about 2016 Reading Challenges from My Reader’s Block
America the Beautiful-flag & sun
Since we had cut up all those lovely little kits, our first sewing day we got right to the sewing and managed to get two blocks finished. The first block is the Flag block and you can already see our styles emerge. Terry found some fabric in her … [Continue reading] about America the Beautiful-flag & sun
America the Beautiful-the beginning
In September our quilt group began a new project that will run concurrently with the 1930's quilt we began in January. We are alternating weeks on the projects. The new quilt is called "America the Beautiful" and is published by McCall's Quilting. It … [Continue reading] about America the Beautiful-the beginning