Pleaty McSweety

Sarah, your block is in the mail!

I loved putting all the pleats in!

I just hope I didn't overdo the colors!

block for Jess

I loved Jess's inspiration and that the amount of fabric she send suggested a lot of seams and switches in the blue background--truly her own twist on the inspiration piece.

 and a close up...

and the backside...

It's going out with tomorrow's mail!

for Wendy, for Amanda

Here I am in my little self portrait for Wendy.

This sort of block does not come naturally to me. I struggled and don't really think this captures what I wanted. Oh well. At least I got pants, scarf, and layered tops in. I couldn't get my feet to look anything close to right and ultimately went footless. Let's just pretend my crazy pants cover my feet, okay? ;)

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Digs's block was right up my alley. I was able to crank this out in no time. And I don't want to give it back.  But I will.  Since I was bribed with chocolate. 

Block for Rossie - October

Here is Rossie's block for October. What a neat concept for a quilt! I love the pictures of the inspiration quilt in her post. I did have a hard time settling on a word or phrase, but eventually I went with "there will be time". This comes from a T.S. Eliot poem, & is a phrase I often repeat to myself when it just seems that there is too much to do. It reminds me to slow down & live in the moment.

Thanks for the fun challenge!

blocks for rossie and amy (finally!)

first, since she's been waiting longer, here are my squares for amy. i had lots of fun working with the fabrics she sent and adding in my own pieces as well. i especially love the center block featured above with the center of the flower. oh, and the tiny blocks were surprisingly challenging! who knew it would be so hard to sew a small block? fun, nevertheless! here's another shot where you can see all five blocks i made:
tonight i finally finished rossie's blocks!

my phrase is "be peace" which are the same words printed on my favorite necklace. they are also a shortened version of gandhi's suggestion that we should all "be the peace you want to see in the world." my quote has lots of letter "e's" and i struggled with the code's instructions to leave them as blank squares--how can you then tell the difference between a space and an "e"? so i outlined my e-blocks with a thin red line. which may end up disappearing after the seams are created that incorporate the phrase into the quilt. oh well. lovely rich over-dyed fabrics, rossie!

October for Rossie

It was deciding on a phrase that stumped me on this one, but Halloween night as I was staring at the fabric it came to me. Common Threads. So here you go. I didn't put it together because it's longer than you requested. Actually, much longer. I thought maybe you could put them like this to make the phrase. My mistake...i thought...two word phrase...I can make the blocks 6 inches. I hope you can use them like they are.

Pura Vida

I finished up Rossie's blocks today:

Aloha...

and Pura Vida....

(I had to fold this phrase up to fit in the picture)

I made 5" blocks for Aloha and 4" for Pura Vida - this was so fun Rossie!

I can't wait to see your quilt!