June Southwest Stars Block

This is the June block for the Southwest Stars Block of the Month. This one is called "Libra." This one was the easiest of these blocks so far. I even like this one the best of the four so far.

More Debbie Mumm Blocks

Here are three more of the Debbie Mumm Blocks. I am all caught up on these blocks. These are fairly easy to make. The light green color has washed out a little on the Block 4 photo. Still playing with the camera. I discovered settings I did not know were there so need to play around with those.

BLOCK 4

BLOCK 5

BLOCK 6

Block Central's 2003 Block of the Month

I am doing the Block Central 2003 BOM called Traditional Block Sampler. I have finished one block so far.

Block 1 - Hayes Corner

This one looks like it is going to be fun to do too. Ah, heck, they are all fun to do, Each one is different in style, design, color and fabric choices. I do have fun looking at a pattern and deciding what colors, then taking what is in my head and find the right fabric in the store.

Not sure what all I will sew this next week. I do have a Summer Memoris Swap item to make and to get everything ready for mailing at the time it is to be mailed. I won't post here what it is as the members of Block Central look at this blog so I don't want to spoil it for anyone. Won't be able to post a photo til late July. Oh well, I will have fun with it even though I can't share it now.

Debbie Mumm Block of the Month

I have begun the Debbie Mumm Block of the Month. This one is in celebration of her 20th Anniversary of Creativity.

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

Very original names for the block. This BOM has reminded my why I don't do plaids! I have two more finished and one more to do to be caught up on these.

May & June Cinnamon Teen Blocks

This week I got the May and June Cinnamon Teen Blocks made. These are quite fun to make and are very easy to make.

May Block - Farming Windmill


June Block - Chocolate Windmill

The fabrics are the same, but for some reason the lighting must have been different! I atill have so much to learn about this camera.

Nirvana June Block

I have finished the June Block for the Nine Patch Nirvana Block of the Month which is called "Granny Gage" I just love some of the names they come up for the blocks.

Working Hard

I have been working on the different BOM projects the last few days. Here are the May and June Dandy Doodle blocks. Just two of the many I have done in the last few days.

May Block - Red Eye


June Block - Star Burst

Birthday Gift

A friend of mine, who is also a quilter, had her 60th birthday last week. As a surprise, I made this table topper for her. She really seemed to like it. I found fabric that had the squares with the Bible verses and I cut out some of the verses and put the green checked border around it and quilted it. It was fun to do.

Just stuff

I have not posted anything here is a long time. Have not done much quilting due to the fact I have been away a lot and that I lost "my" sewing room. I have used Daniel's room for my sewing room and since he moved home after graduation, I lost it for a while. I have finally set up something makeshift in the kitchen to work.

I have put together a table topper for a friend and I am finally binding the purple 9-patch. Will post a photo of the gift later as well as some neat fabric I got that Michelle really liked. Now to find a patter to use it in.

Almost Amish Stars is all Finished!

Almost Amish Stars is all finished. Remind me to never do a pieced border again. Gave it to my mother last night and she enjoyed it.

Sunset Quilt is Finished!

Ok, Sunset is all finished. Quilted and binding put on. Here it is all finished.

April Cinnamon Block

This is the April Cinnamon Teen Block called Two Patch

Been Busy

I have gotten a few more of the blocks of the month made.

This is the Cinnamon Teen one for March called Cinnamon Pinwheels









This is the Cinnamon one for February called Dakota Farmers Cinnamon Coffee and Roses. The website for these bocks is
Cinnamon Teen








This is the May block for the Nine Patch Nirvana which is called Lucky Star

Southwest Stars May Block

I also put together the May Southwest Stars Block. This one gave me some trouble and I had to redo a couple of places. I feel like I need to rework it some more. This photo does not show the pink real well.

Southwest Stars Cenataurus Star Block

More Fabric

I had been wanting to do Block Central's 2003 Block of the Month so I purchased fabric for this also.

Quilt Shop Shopping

I was up to Milwaukee to visit my daughter. Son and Daughter hung out quite a bit. I did some shopping at quilt shops. I went to one in West Bend, Ye Ole Schoolhouse in Cedarburg, Fabric Fusion in Deerfeild and another one in Thiensville. Here are some photos of most of my purchases.

I fell in love with this fabric and decided to do another Nine Patch Nirvana from Block Central

I am doing one in browns, Cinnamon Teen, and the pattern called for 12 brown fabrics, 4 each of dark, medium and light. I decided to go with the three basic colors.

There is a Debbie Mumm Anniversary Block of the Month that is colorful and I thought I would make it also and found these colors for it.

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.