Lots of Little Shapes

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Quiltobsession

Last night I got all the shapes for the edges and the 2″ connecting squares of the Patchwork of the Crosses quilt top printed and cut out. The blocks are in a stack and each one has a little piece … Continue reading →

Patchwork of the Crosses

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Quiltobsession

The flannel fabric was taped to the wall after dinner last night and I started playing with block placements. It was very damp – unbelievably humid – it was so damp the air felt like it could have been wrung out here … Continue reading →

What’s in the Jar?

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Quiltobsession

Clippings from grading the seams of the 30 Patchwork of the Crosses blocks. Never ever again do I leave grading the seams until the end! It took most of the weekend to get this done.There will be more to add … Continue reading →

More Patchwork of the Crosses

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Quiltobsession

There is going to be a slight delay in making more sunflowers. Why? Because I am determined to finish up my POTC quilt top. To that end, I’ve been adding the cream hexagons to the final six blocks that still didn’t … Continue reading →

Sunflower 20

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Quiltobsession

This one makes me think of sunlight on tropical waters. Seams graded and little block pressed. Once the 20th sunflower was finished, I couldn’t wait to see how they’d look on the design wall. There are still many to be … Continue reading →

A Green Sunflower

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Quiltobsession

This one makes me think of a sunflower that hasn’t opened yet, just all green. The back after pressing and grading the seams. That is 19 of the sunflowers done. One more and then I’ll put all the finished sunflowers … Continue reading →

Pieced Hexagons

Posted on July 2, 2013 by Quiltobsession

For the past little while, I’ve been making the odd pieced hexagon here and there and yesterday I made this little beauty. It’s composed of 37 pieces and finishes as a 3″ hexagon. Now there are four of the 3″ … Continue reading →

Happy Canada Day!

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Quiltobsession

Farewell, Google Reader

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Quiltobsession

Have you found a replacement for Google Reader that you like yet? Since the announcement was made that Google Reader would be shut down as of July 1, I’ve been trying a few different alternatives and quickly narrowed it down … Continue reading →

An Aztec Calendar Sunflower

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Quiltobsession

This sunflower makes Mr. Q.O. think of an Aztec calendar. It makes me think of tropical water and bright sun. And it will be somewhere near the Caribbean sunflower when it comes time to arrange the blocks, I think. The … Continue reading →

All of the little stars are now made and last night I started surrounding them with the white squares. It takes less than an hour to get two stars surrounded.

Seams graded and pressed.

There are now 17 of the little stars left to surround with the white squares. From here on out, it’s just nothing but continuous stitching to add the squares, then the connecting red diamonds and octagons and turn this into a finished quilt top. If I can stay focused, and I am pretty intent on doing just that, I could have this finished by the end of next week and be ready to quilt it next weekend.

I may take some time out this weekend and get the binding ready for Candy Stars as well as start printing for the Inklingo Periwinkle reverse mystery quilt. I think I’ve finally decided on the colours I want to work with for the Periwinkle quilt. No big surprise here — it will be pinks, pinks and more pinks. Maybe a mauve thrown in for a little relief from the pink. Maybe. Lessons 1 to 4 are available, free, at the All About Inklingo blog.

If you’re here to see who won the giveaway from the April Showers post, the winner will be announced later this afternoon after Baxter picks a winner.

“Mum’s Making Stars” is the title of today’s ‘toon.

As we were setting up to take pictures of the two little blue stars, he was right there just waiting for his photo to be taken because, after all, there is nothing that we could possibly want to photograph other than him!

Two Blue Candy Stars