Mariposa

Both of these are terrific!!

Julie in NM

Now you much fun did you guys have making this? And a project w/your mom...great memories for the both of you. Just love love the pattern! Job well done! I love making snowball blocks but never thought of this idea. Oh...just love it. Did I already say that?

Jan in VA

Julie,
The main trick with these particular snowballs is to trim out the middle layer (I usually do NOT trim out that middle layer if I'm planning to machine quilt - keeping it in allows you to more easily/correctly line up to the next block/segment), and to press the seams open where 4 snowballs meet....in this case at all the star points.

It's R-E-A-L-L-Y thick and makes the fabrics ripple when pressed if you don't take those two steps. (Poor Mom went first starting on her quilt; I got the bennie of hindsight when I began mine a few hours later!)

Hours later this still hangs on my design board 6 feet away from me and I'm still looking at it constantly, LOL; the colors are even more fabulous "up close and personal"!

Sometimes you really like a quilt you've made.
Sometimes one just knocks your socks off.
I'm barefooted.

Jan in VA

Diane007

l love your black border fabric

Jingle

Both are absolutely beautiful, beautiful pattern also.

purplecat

I've never seen that black fabric, but I agree that it is beautiful. Both quilts are gorgeous!

Tweety2911

Both quilts are wonderful! I love your black border!

daisydebby

Both are great!!! I love to look at different color choices for the same pattern!! Nice work...have fun at your class.

burchquilts

I couldn't agree more! I sure wish I lived close enough to take this class of your because I'd LOVE to have a quilt from this fabulous pattern! And speaking of fabulous, both of these quilts are! They couldn't be more different from each other but they're both equally gorgeous. I personally like the pale yellow. It makes for such a soft, dreamy quilt! And yours says "LOOK AT ME!"! And that's fabulous! P. S: if you're all done with your Civil War prints, you can send them to me... LOL!

nls

Very nice pattern!