Dandy Doodle April Block

I finally got the April Block for Dandy Doodle made. It is called "Double Monkey Wrench"




I am heading up to Milwaukee later today. I have plans to check out a Quilt shop that is suppose to be wonderul. May take time and check out more too.

Almost Amish Stars and Garden Nine Patch

Well, I got the Almost Amish one done and off to be quilted. This had a pieced border and I thought I would not add the lavender border. Well, this pieced border just was not turning out very well so I added the lavender border and this one helps camoflaug the errors.

When I took it in, my Garden Nine Patch was there to be picked up. Yeah!! Have not had a chance to trim it and get the binding going and probably won't until next week.

Now I need to do my Dandy Doodle April Block and get back to work on the Christmas one. I also bought the kit for the Sandy Gervais 76 Trombones.

Almost Amish Stars Center

I have finished the center portion of the Almost Amish Stars Quilt. Now I have 96 Flying Geese to make to piece the border. I hope to get this done sometime this week and off to the quilter. While putting this together, the dark blue squares looked really dark but with the purple added, it really changed the appearance of this. This center took time and I still did not get the squares right. It was a learning experience for me as are all of my piecing of quilts.

Southwest Stars April Block

I got the instructions for the April Block last night and put it together this afternoon. I struggled with the choosing of fabric for this one as well as the piecing of it. The more I look at it, the more I like it.


I have pieced 6 of the 9 blocks for the Almost Amish Stars. I hope to get the other three done this weekend. Once I get the sashing on it, I will post a photo. Then there is a border to piece for it using all the colors in the center of it. I am thinking I may take this one to my mother when it is all finished.