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Originally Posted by moonwork42029 (Post 8722498)

HAV4BOYS

This is called Double Sawtooth Star from McCalls Quilting 2015 block reference.

I swear a consistent 1/4" eludes me! I promise after a 10 year break from quilt blocks I am definitely humbled by my machine. For years I used my 1991 Pfaff 1473 that I LOVED. During mask making it almost died and I bought my current machine sight unseen and untried, boy what a new learning curve for this old dog.

Thanks in advance for "grace" with my inconsistent construction. These were definitely sewn with cursing but no wine.

Moon, this is a beautiful block. A friend gave me her brand new singer sewing machine and I am having a hard time with it. I keep going.

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Originally Posted by LAF2019 (Post 8722507)

Here are my block accomplishments for the day. Love all the fabrics available!

Hav- I am a sucker for polka dots, and these just made me so happy. I made a playful pinwheel block for you
LStew- I have never done a christmas quilt, so these cute elves were my first choice to play with. I chose a red fabric that kinda looked christmas star-like.
Moonwork - My husband was immediately drawn to your colors (and he is veteran, so I guess you chose well!). Hope this star works for you.
Sewbiz - I don't keep a stash of batiks, so I hope these blues add to your ocean feel.

Laf, These blocks are beautiful, I love mine. It's great and Perfect.

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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl (Post 8722510)

Here is an April Star block for Moon:

Lovely block, SewBizGirl.

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Originally Posted by Janice McC (Post 8722511)

Wow, beautiful blocks Moon, SBG, abd LAF. My favorite part of the morning is sipping coffee and perusing this thread.

As you make your blocks, remember to be sure you understand the requests. (Watch out for Hav’s as she does want white added to her two fabrics.) Any questions can be posted here or you can pm the person. (Incidentally, make sure your mailboxes aren’t full! I’ve had that happen a couple of times.) Shoot for that 12-1/2 size and unless the person asks for the scraps which seldom happens, you are free to keep them if you wish.

Got most of my lilies in the ground. Still have a dozen more to add but it’ll have to wait a couple days. Happily the ground was much softer after the rain. Thank heavens for small favors.

Hope everyone has a pleasant day and week. I’ll add the pix to the gallery shortly.

I want to put my plants in the ground, but we have three days this week with temps in the 30. So that is a no, we will se what next week brings.

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Originally Posted by Janice McC (Post 8722537)

Here’s an Amish Star for SBG. It’s the whitest white I had so it should work. This block and I went round and round. I kept putting on the corner units incorrectly. Whew! Glad this is right now.

Beautiful star block.

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Originally Posted by terriamn (Post 8722539)

Love love all the blocks especially the ones made for me. Thank you Ltsew, SBW and Janice for my blocks. I am enjoying all the blocks. Here are my two for today Martha Washington Star for Moonworks and one with the rodeo fabric for me

Terri, great blocks. My husband loved the rodeo fabric.

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Originally Posted by LAF2019 (Post 8722554)

Here is one for Hav's other fabric choice. I hope I understood your instructions for this one!

Beautiful block, Laf.

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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl (Post 8722614)

I was looking at an old Boom thread and found this list of free block sites we used to post every Boom swap... Here it is, copied in its entirety:

Here is the list of the websites we like and use for block patterns, followed by some books that have 12" blocks. I will try and post these every swap.
https://www.quiltingdaily.com/free-q...ls-quilting-3/
https://www.patchworksquare.com/index.php
https://www.generations-quilt-patter...-patterns.html
https://www.quilterscache.com/QuiltBlocksGalore46.html
http://www.delawarequilts.com/BOMs/index.html

Good books that many of us use:

Around the Block.... Judy Hopkins

Around the Block Again... Judy Hopkins

Once More Around the Block... Judy Hopkins

1000 Blocks book by Quiltmaker magazine

Tula Pink City Sampler (modern style)

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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl (Post 8722640)

Here are today’s blocks, for Moon (a Twisted Star), All2P, Lstew, and Hav. Hope you Bloomers like them!

Thanks for posting this again. Thanks for the reminder that there are other sites to look on.

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Originally Posted by LAF2019 (Post 8722657)

Great blocks SBG.
My contribution today is for All2P.

Beautiful block.

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Originally Posted by terriamn (Post 8722673)

LAF, terrific blocks, love your bright colors!

Hubby just informed me we are leaving this Sunday. For some reason Tuesday was the departure date in my head. We will drive to Paducah and spend several nights there and then off to Pace Florida to receive lots of hugs and smiles from great grandbaby. She is 14 months old already

Enjoy your day, I will be busy sewing

Terri, you guys have a safe trip.

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Originally Posted by moonwork42029 (Post 8722718)

Another practice block for me.
It was a small block that I enlarged each piece to get to 12.5 square. Surprisingly it went together great. In the amall squares you can see where I flipped the orange and used the backside of it. Now that I know my measurements are correct, I plan to cut out a Boom fabric using this pattern

Moon, great practice block. I wish I could resize a block like you do. What is the secret?

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Originally Posted by Janice McC (Post 8722719)

All2Pieces, here’s an Eddystone Light block for you. I love the dark brown and green with your fabric. I hope this one suits you!

Wonderful block

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Originally Posted by terriamn (Post 8722727)

My two for today, liked this block so well with Moon’s fabric Decided to make one just like it with the farm fabric

Janice it is a crazy time for us right now. But talk about getting up in the morning and not knowing where you are!

great blocks, I love how very different the blocks look but they are the same pattern.

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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl (Post 8722740)

I have reworked this simple modern block for Lstew. I like this version better. Janice, could you please swap this photo out for the other one? Thanks!

I loved both blocks, Thank you for the great work.

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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl (Post 8722741)

I also made two Our Editor blocks, one for Lstew and one for Terri. Hope you like them!

Beautiful blocks, Thank you for mine, it is perfect

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Originally Posted by terriamn (Post 8722749)

Two more blocks but one won’t upload so far. WMUT when I think classic the first block that came to my mind was the Churn Dash, second was Ohio Star. Hope you like it

Sewbiz thanks for the delightful block!

On The farm yard fabric I sent any of the colors in the fabric are welcome

Great block.

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Originally Posted by terriamn (Post 8722757)

Picture should be here now, block for HAV. One of my particular favorite blocks. A version of Dutchman's Puzzle.

Don't you just love Tech. I get so frustrated at work when the computers don't work.

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Originally Posted by Janice McC (Post 8722797)

One more this morning for Hav. It’s a Grandmother’s Favorite. Hope you like it!

Beautiful block

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Originally Posted by terriamn (Post 8722847)

All to Pieces, Duckling and LAF a block for each of you. Hope you like them

These are great blocks.

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Originally Posted by LAF2019 (Post 8722856)

Here are my blocks for the day.
Bibliostone
Janice- the corner squares are not gray, I promise. they are a brownish that matches the stems of the flowers
Terriamn

Beautiful blocks.

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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl (Post 8722858)

Hi Michelle! Good to hear from you. Don't be a stranger! Hope you do jump back in the next boom swap.

These are two blocks I made today. The first is a Cross and Crown for WMUT. It makes me want to make a Civil War quilt. The second block is a Old Favorite block, for Hav. Give me a second to load the pics from my phone....

The cross and crown is wonderful. I love the old favorites.

I hope to get to more of the blocks this weekend. It is supposed to be cold all weekend so no yard work.