B.A.D. Z-D+1 Swap - April

Translation............Barbara, Anonymous, Dotti, Zizzy Dot +1 Swap.

Friends for Christmas

Block 3 - The Tree. The tree is not complete as it spills over into the adjoining block. I have also run out of eyes.

Birthday Block Swap - May

Here is the block I made for Frances in West Virginia. She asked for a 10 inch Churn Dash block.

Friends for Christmas

Block 2 - 3 Friends, too cute! I'm loving it but I can't start block 3 just yet. I have a May Birthday block to get done.

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Friends for Christmas

Block 1 - Flying Santa. I really wanted to use needle turn applique for this quilt, but I know it will never get finished if I do. So I chose to use fusible web and a machine button hole stitch. Even though I love Lynette's colors scheme, I decided to use slightly brighter colors. One of these days I'll make another one (nothing like planning ahead) in crazy bright colors. This is a rather long block (42" wide). I couldn't find a way to take a picture, so here it is laid out on my ironing board.

His beard posed a bit of a problem because you could see through any white fabric that I had. I used a piece of fusible interfacing on the back of a swirly white on white, but you could still see through it. I added another, then another for a total of 3 layers of fusible interfacing on the back of the beard and mustache. If I had thought of it sooner, I think a piece of felted wool would have been a better choice.