Beautiful blocks and colors.

Thanks everyone for your kind comments. I love the sun fabric. If I had had enough of the sun fabric, I would have put some in the flip-flop block. Alas, all I have left are some scraps. Not enough to get four 2 inch blocks out of it.

So, Sulabug. any Sept. hints for us? Sewing minds want to know...

WOW!! :D What pretty blocks you have made this month. I love your Exploding Star, as it is so warm & welcoming looking. It really represents the Summer Sun that most of us are all having. Also your flip flop block is just darling, I love it too!! You always make such cute blocks. Thanks for sharing with all of us!!
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Hints, you ask? :D Hee-Hee..........well let me think a minute. I can tell you that the September block represents many of the fall color's & oh yes, it has some of our favorite HST blocks in it. Does this help any? :D September first is almost here ladies so put your thinking caps on!!
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Hmmm____ How am I going to make a purple maple leaf? For those of us planning to use this calendar quilt as a Christmas gift, any chance we could get November and December blocks at the same time so we have a little time to get it finished? Just something to consider.

Make it a dk purple - we have leaves here that give that impression! Guess it is more of a reddish purple but kids say they are purple!

Cajun's August Block
 

Here is the block I choose to do for August! I'm a Carol Doak fan so I substituted one of her blocks for the one chosen.

Hugs,
Cajun

Cajun: nice selection!

Cajun............WOW!! :D I love your Carol Doak's block that you just made for your August 2012 BOM block. Like you, I am a big fan of her paper pieced pattern's. Your color's are terrific & your work is really great. I hope you are getting ready for the September block, as I will be posting it after midnight tonight!! Thank you for sharing with all of us.
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Now bibliostone...............what makes you think that the September block is going to be a Maple Leaf? :D It could also be an Oak Leaf or maybe a house block too. Whatever the choice is, I think purple will be the best color ever for it!! :D I will be posting the new pattern tonight after midnight, my time. Hope you enjoy it!!
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Cajun, that's a gorgeous block!

Thanks everyone! I just flipped through all the pages and the blocks all turned out great! I love paper piecing- I'm doing a Cat in Pumpkin card block right now...boy are those pieces small! lol I barely got August in before Sept..but hey I did make it! lol

Hugs,
Cajun

Cajun...........when you finish your Cat in Pumpkin card block, please be sure to share a picture of it with all of us. I am anxious to see how it turns out too!! Good Luck working on it!!
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Wow! That is awesome. Now, I am really chicken to try paper piecing. Any good resources that you can recommend?

Marcia Hohn (Quilter's Cache) has a short tutorial.

http://www.quilterscache.com/StartQu...tingthree.html

This is the video I used that taught me to PP. Hope it helps you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2gKMx9CCM

I am going to have to wait until my Carol Doak paper-piecing paper arrives to do that Cat in Pumpkin card block. My fabric tears from the tracing paper I've been using.. this block is like 3" x 3" when finish so there are tiny piecings!

Hugs,
Cajun

Cajun...........thank you so much for the update. We are willing to wait to see a picture of your new block. Good Luck putting it together & share with us when you can. I Know I will be anxiously waiting for your picture posting.
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Cajun, I love your block! Also love Carol Doak patterns. Look very complicated but ready go together nicely.

Cajun, tiny blocks! I thought the Jane blocks were small! I would love to see some pictures.

My Cat In Pumpkin PP Block
 

Okay I finally got my Carol Doak Paper-Piecing Paper in and here is my block. The center part which is 3" x 3" was in two parts, a 1" x 3" and a 2" by 3"...so you can see what a trip dealing with those small, small pieces was. My scratch pad paper kept separating from the fabrics so I had to have good quality paper to do it.

I added the black border and pumpkin fabric on my own. This pattern is for card inserts!

Hugs,
Cajun

Cajun............this block is so cute & you have done a wonderful job piecing it together. The black cat just makes it along with your cute border fabric's. Thank you so much for sharing with all of us today!!
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August BOM
 

Here is walk-n-roll's August block. Her computer is not cooperating!

I like your sunshine. It is shining!

walk-n-roll...........your August block is so pretty!! :D The bright color's you have put together are wonderful too. You have done such a nice job making your block. Thank you thomp116 for posting her block pictures, so we can all see them & enjoy their beauty!!
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Cajunbear...love your block!
I'm playing catchup...I decided to not do the pp block; instead I picked a block out of my calendar (365 blocks), it's called thunder & lightening...that's what we get here, usually, in Aug. So I thought it was very fitting. If you look closely at the blue sky fabric, it has metalic lightening coming out of it...perfect block for that fabric! :)

WOW!! :D I guess you have really been playing catch up working on your 2012 Calendar theme blocks. I am so glad that you are getting caught up. That sky fabric with the silver lightening is fantastic. I love it, it makes your block really stand out nicely. Nice choice of block pattern. Thank you for sharing with all of us. We love Show & Tell, don't we?
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VickiM: I like your take on this month. Sun and thunderstorm. Wish I hadv'e thought of that!
Good job.

This is one gorgeous block. I love batiks!! And, have two huge boxes of them just waiting for me to find a great pattern. Maybe, I will follow this BOM from long ago!! lol Piece and blessings, Vicki

This block reminds me of traveling in the fall up thru New Hampshire and Vermont. So beautiful!!

It was so nice to see SulaBug's smiling face......

All of the blocks are so pretty and love all of the bright colored fabrics everyone is using. Thanks for sharing your pretty blocks

Just looking in. Your blocks are so pretty. They remind me of a warm sunny day, beautiful