June Block

I finished my Quilt Square Quilt Along block for the month of June!  Woo-hoo!  Lots of little pieces, so I paper pieced this one using my Kansas Troubles scraps.  If you'd like to play along, head over the Jo's Country Junction for more details!

May Block

I just returned from my annual quilt retreat in Indiana.  It's always loads of fun and fellowship!  While there, many of us in the QSQA group made our May blocks.  This month's block was from Lori Smith's Quilt Squares #4 pattern, with the "Trip Around the World" being the featured sew along.  This block was quick and easy, and so much fun, that several other Ladies at retreat decide to make one right along with the rest of us!  As in previous months, I used my Kansas Troubles scraps.

Now to await Jo's selection for the month of June!

Lessons From Mama - Block #4

Month four from "Lessons from Mama" is complete! I picked my kit up yesterday, and made the block this morning. These are not difficult blocks, and I'm so glad to be completing these, in a timely fashion, as I get them. In the past, when I've participated in BOM programs, I would procrastinate on getting started, only to have the blocks pile up and become overwhelming. This is why last year's Thimbleberries Big Quilt BOM is still sitting on the floor in my sewing room, incomplete. I am working on it, and plan to have it completed by year's end.

Lessons From Mama - Block #3

Here is the January block from the "Lessons from Mama" BOM. The colors are pink and green (not the peach and brown that they look in the picture!!) This was a quick block to make...just a nine patch variation!

Does anyone have any tips for taking better pictures?? I sure am frustrated with how the colors turn out so dark when I take photos indoors. ~sigh~

Lessons From Mama - Block #2

Yesterday, I picked up the December kit for the "Lessons from Mama" BOM. I came straight home and cut out the pieces for the block. Then, this morning, I sewed them together...and it's done!! Yay! I'm really trying to complete each block when I receive the kit so that it will be complete at the end of the year. I'm implementing new habits!! So far, so good! The picture is dark (going to have to learn about lighting and taking pictures!!)...the color of the stars are a pretty cranberry-ish color. The block measures 18-1/2".

Lessons From Mama

My local quilt shop started a new Block of the Month last Saturday. For the past 2 years, the shop has had the Thimbleberries Big Quilt Block of the Month program. This year, the shop owner decided enough of the Thimbleberries BOM, and decided on "Lessons From Mama" by Atkinson Designs. I purchased the book, and then, each month, I will get a new kit for that month's block! I'm excited that I have already completed the first block before November ended!!! Perhaps I'm on to something!!