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sewbizgirl 09-11-2016 04:42 AM

Thanks and have a great time on vacation, Bibliostone! Don't worry about the block... I'll remind you later. :o

travelinggramma 09-11-2016 06:41 AM


Originally Posted by Kassaundra (Post 7649767)
TGma, great blocks. I am about to fly my nerd flag high and proud. GramE's block reminds me of Star Trek communicators.

So I had to google this!! thank you all. I just took a looksy at all the blocks (thank you again Janice) and wow - the blocks are amazing. We should make a rule that these blocks must be made into a quilt before the next boom ends! I wanna see all of them together!

terriamn 09-11-2016 07:24 AM

TGMa fabulous blocks, you are on a creative roll. Mine is great, thanks so much

seasaw2mch 09-11-2016 11:10 AM

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the past few days around here sure have been interesting to say the least. First I got started on Biblistone's Dresden plate, that went fairly well. Next was Moonrise's 4 Roses and that was going along pretty good until I lost a piece, then the hunt was on, I never did find that piece and there wasn't a scrap big enough to re-cut it so I had to piece one of the pieces to get the right size, so her block is a real pieced block. LOL Then we came to Muse&Sew's block, I figured that one was going to go fast but not so quick there, I got it all done only to find the pattern was to small it came out to a 11 1/2" square and that wasn't good enough so I took it apart and added the black lines so I could get that one to size.

Then I started looking for fabrics for Terriamn's block & was called into the kitchen to make Mucadine jelly. So I sat the fabrics aside and went in to get the jelly started, put all the grapes in the pot with a little water to get them going and went back to my sewing room. Rummaging through the totes of fabric again, I lost track of time until I smelled something burning. So as I hobbled into the kitchen, grape jelly water was being boiled out of the pot and all over the place. The best I could do is turn it off and wait for it to cool down. I have never made such a mess in my life and the bad part is I can't clean it up because I can't do all that using a walker and I couldn't even begin to reach the floor. So I had to wait until Chuck could help me out with it. Poor guy, he gets all the bad jobs right now. I was able to salvage some of the grape juice so at least he has some jelly for all the work he did cleaning up my mess. I did help out some but felt so bad he got the worst part of the job.

Anyway, I came back in to finish looking for fabric for terriamn's block and all the instructions she wrote down slipped my mind when I found a piece of fabric that I thought looked great with hers. So I made her the prettiest block by just adding a frame around her fabric. I was so proud of that block because I loved the birds on it and they matched the colors in her fabric. Then I started to pin her baggy to the block and re-read her instructions only to find that I screwed it all up, she wanted tonal or small print that read tonal. Good thing I had plenty of her fabric left to try and do it right. So her block is one I created just for her and it's called "T 4 Terriamn", that pretty much says it all.

So now I'll go do something else before I really screw things up and can't fix them.

Libster 09-11-2016 11:35 AM

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Seasaw, I love your blocks. Today seems to be Terri's block day. This is a bonus block I did for her. I think I like it better than the first one. I'm sure there's a name for this block, but I have no clue what it could be. I just took scraps and made something. Hope you like it, Terri.

All2Pieces 09-11-2016 11:43 AM

Wow, seasaw, sounds like you have had an eventful time. The blocks turned out great. If you didn't tell on yourself no one would have a clue. Good idea to stretch the block using the black stripe. It looks like part of your original plan. The fabrics you picked for Terriamn compliment her fabric beautifully. I love both the frame and the blue.

Tell me, did the jam turn out as well as the blocks? If so, it must be very tasty!

Kassaundra 09-11-2016 01:24 PM

Sea and Libster all those blocks are lovely. Libster very creative use of the scraps. Sea I know the bird one doesn't follow Terri's instructions so you can just put my name on the baggie! lol lol lol (it will be our little secret)

joanelizbay 09-11-2016 01:37 PM

I think all the blocks look fantastic, esp like the black/white and the bird one!!

travelinggramma 09-11-2016 02:14 PM

Sea - I think I like the black strips in it better than if it didn't. And I know that I have made many blocks that have extra pieces pieced together. A few in this swap. But I have found that no one knows usually unless you tell!! (which I normally end up doing!) And that border print is perfectly done, as well as the dresdan plate.
Love both or should I say all three of Terri's blocks.

terriamn 09-11-2016 03:07 PM

Libster and Sea love my blocks, even the one with the birds.


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