I received the most wonderful surprise yesterday. Tracy sent me a package that contained, among other things, the most glorious blocks! There are 48 of these beauties. She says she got sick of working with these and decided they needed a new home.


These aren’t colours I normally work with but wow! I absolutely love the effect. Now I’m fiddling around trying to figure out a setting that will work for them. There are 24 of each type of block and they finish at 8″ each. I’m wondering about sashing.

These are the extra fabrics that came with the blocks. There’s lots and lots there — but I am not sure if there’s enough of one for sashing. I’m playing with the idea of sashing that’s a different colour on each side. There’s definitely enough of this extra fabric that I think I’ll be able to do something interesting for a border as well as probably enough for a small quilt!

Look at this print!! It’s one of the fabrics and I absolutely love it. Those birds are marvelous. There’s also a blue print like this one.

I have the gold fabric I used for the setting diamonds in this that has almost the feel of a brocade to it — and have lots of it.

I’m playing with the idea of using it for the sashing. Or do these blocks even need sashing, I wonder. I love the effect of them side by side. I know I’ll be spending a lot of time this weekend staring at these blocks — they are just so incredible.

What about sashing with the gold brocade and a small cornerstone of one of the fabrics for each block?

What an amazing thing to be given! I feel very, very, very humbled to have been given these and love the fact that I’m going to be working with these gorgeous blocks!

Any ideas out there on settings?

An update on Sammy the Squirrel. He has been taken to a wildlife sanctuary where he will have a much safer environment than he had here. We noticed yesterday that a few slightly older squirrels were getting a bit aggressive with him — and worried that, as he has become so used to humans, he might run into trouble if someone who disliked squirrels was the object of his attention! We will miss him out there on the roof garden.