sewbizgirl

Welcome, Duckling! I was wondering if/when you were going to show up! What a nice surprise.

We aren't pros here either, just fanatics. We love fabric and quilts. You will find all kinds of skill levels here. You'll fit right in!

Duckling

Thanks for the welcome! My initial thoughts are to use seasonal fabrics for each month and pull it all together with sashing and borders. I'll do a test run on January and February.

givio

Sharon, I saw that on Julie's block and told her and she's going to fix it. It's interesting how often a picture shows up a flaw when you don't see it in person!

Hey, Duckling! Nice to see you here! That's a cool idea you have for doing each month seasonally. I think you are the first one that thought of that. If you don't have any Valentine fabric, I have some I can give you!

DJ

February ...

I did not like the technique for the flying geese.

sewbizgirl

Pretty block, DJ. I think part of the BOM is to expose us to new techniques. If you prefer your own method, no reason to change. I haven't made the block yet, myself.

Duckling

Here's the top I deconstructed and put back together today. Now I am ready to begin my BOM for January. Picking fabrics tonight.

Duckling

Just wanted to make you awestruck. I was at Goodwill and got this stash of fabric - 14 yds - for $6.09 ! The top fabric is flannel, a bit of a shadow because you can see my cat's foot, and the rest was all new cotton fabric!!

sewbizgirl

Great deal, Duckling! I see a lot of good blenders in there. I have never found fabric at Goodwill, but I do see it at estate sales sometimes, when I get to go.

Your quilt is sweet! I really need to do something with my orphan blocks, too.

Blueridgebeverly

Played with the placement of the floral triangle on the white triangle until I got a workable result. One flying geese unit took some serious abuse from multiple assembles, disassembles, and reassembles. This method of making flying geese isn’t very forgiving. There was nothing to trim except the dog ears.

sewbizgirl

That's pretty, Bev. I was thinking of using the signature part of the block to write in the name and date of the BOM, right there on the front of my quilt.

I'm seriously wondering if I'll be able to hang in there with this BOM until the last block. I'm so impatient and a whole month is a long time to wait for one more block.