It’s time for me to go and pick up my free quilt block from Red Rooster Quilts. I love free things, even though it will likely cost me money when I go there. They are smart and totally understand quilters. Hard for us not to buy something when surrounded by the things we love.
So, I thought I would show you my blocks so far. I like them and already have in mind how I will quilt them, which is totally odd for me, since the quilting is the scary part. I am going to call this my hugs and kisses quilt and quilt an “O” over the “X’s”. I have it in my mind…… which is sometimes a scary place.
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Treasure Your Family
This one is older than my daughter (she is the one peaking over the top). That makes it 13+ years and I am pretty sure it may have actually been started in the late 1990’s….It was definitely prior to 2002. I remember the house I was living in when I started this.
pretty. So, I don’t hate the quilting. It was a new venture for me to do something other than meandering. Although there is
helped me to move onto quilting or at least try quilting other designs in my quilts. I have no idea what I am doing it with it. For now, I will hang on to it and wait until the right time to give it away or donate it to charity.
I found this fabric so cute. Could be because I have an addiction to Diet Pepsi. Too bad they did not have diet Pepsi fabric. That would have made it even more awesome for me. I found that I take my English paper piecing projects around with me in Ziploc baggies. Didn’t seem right for a quilter. So I just created this bag. Now I have plenty of room for all my English paper piecing stuff that I haul around whenever I will be waiting somewhere. Can’t stand just doing nothing.
So, this month, I plan on quilting, trimming and binding this piece. This one is for Kevin’s nightstand. These three dog bones are tied to him. The middle one is Ohio State, of course. We (especially Kev) are Ohio State fans. The light colored plain one is actually a shirt he wore that got a tear in it in a place that could not be easily repaired. Since it was a nice shirt and 100% cotton, I figured what the heck. Then the last dog bone is dog bone fabric. I have turned him into a dog lover, so it is appropriate. Not a big giant project like last month, but still something that needs finished. I am still piecing the one for my nightstand and then one for his dresser. I did not use the cling wrap like last time. I created a template and traced my dog bones on it. Seems way better than trying to pick plastic out for hours like I did for the last piece.
older than my daughter (who just turned 13). This Sunday I was going to post an update. I even had a video, but can not post videos unless I upgrade. Might have to consider that. I thought I was going to finish on Sunday, but had sewing machine issues for about three hours. Was just about ready to give up, when I just re threaded the machine and Wala, it worked. Felt like a total idiot.
I am happy that I decided to do something other than meandering. I just have to remember not to nitpick. I did do meandering around the lanterns, but everywhere else I did Bamboo. Good thing 
So, the local quilt shop I like 
Well, once again, my quilting ADD took over. Worked on a multitude of projects instead of spending all my time on my one monthly project. I did spend a little time on it, but I made the mistake of doing a little shopping, which makes my mind wander to other projects.
Well, I am at the hospital making hexies again. Today 
time. I still have two more pieces to make for the entire bedroom set, so at least it is productive.
nightstand. Two more to go and all of the bedroom furniture will have some protection. So, you can tell this one is not for my side of the bed, although, I love the dog bone fabric, and of course Ohio state. The blue plaid is actually a cotton shirt that got a hole in it. It was one of Kevin’s favorites (and mine), so I decided to cut it up and use it somewhere else. Worked perfectly and was 100% cotton. All though he did look at me like I was some kind of weirdo when I cut the arm off his shirt and started to use it for something other than a rag.
instead of sewing down the corners, they glued it. Never thought of that and it saved a ton of time. You can see here on the back how I 
sewed most of them and then started using my glue stick. Looks the same on the front and once it is quilted, who is going to know? Has me considering some other shapes for my “Sit on the couch” projects.
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