Another Quilt Block Completed Plus 2 More!

On Thursday,  Kim shared a new quilt block, "Broken Pinwheels" from Shannon of Fabrics N Quilts.

I started mine on Thursday night and completed it on Friday.

This is a really cool block!  Thanks Shannon for sharing.

Broken Pinwheels and my Spool Blocks from Tuesday.

All my quilt blocks to this point.  Blocks 1 through Block 10. We are at the halfway mark of the Quilt Along.

I was "blog reading" the other day and found a cool block that I am going to add to my blocks.  It was on another Quilt Along called "Moda Friendship Quilt Along".  Click HERE for the link to the quilt block.

I decided it was a perfect addition to my blocks, as I had so many little pieces when I cut my scrappy fabrics.

I added some pink prints to my blocks. I cut the center square on an angle to give it a little different look.

It was only a 9 1/2 inch blocks, so I added a border.

I liked it so much, I made another one this morning at 6am -- (when I couldn't sleep).

I switched some of the colors around in this one and made it less scrappy than the first one.

I added them to the other quilt blocks.

I think they make a nice addition to the blocks. I may add other blocks as I find them.  I wanted to have my Favorite Block in the quilt too!

Enjoy!
Marcia


My Favorite Block Quilt Along

Minutes for Me Break and Information

Thanks to all of you who have shared your Minutes for Me here!

I am taking a Minutes for Me Break.  I will still have the subscription to Linky Tools and will still be using it for other things, but not a weekly party - at least not for awhile.

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The Linky Party Tools will be used for the NEW Quilt Blogs Linky Party.

If you know of someone who has started a Quilt Blog and has less then 50 followers, ask them to link up.  It is a great way to find new Quilt Blogs.

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I will be using the Linky Party Tools for the 2013 May for Me Celebration. Information coming soon about this year's May for Me Celebration.

Enjoy your day!
Marcia

Hodgepodge Patchwork Tuesday - The Spool Block

Do you have several quilt projects going at a time?

How do you stay organized?

I work on Project Quilting Challenges every other week and the opposite week, I am working on the My Favorite Block Quilt Along.  I am working on another baby quilt for my daughter.  I am sewing strips and squares for the Trip Along too. I am working on my Red and Black and White Donation Quilt too.

I like to keep my projects in containers.  I started doing this years ago, because that way I could get it out and work on it and then put it away for a while.  I also could take the container with me to the River when we go camping.  I do quite a bit of sewing at our camper, so having projects ready and all in one or two containers makes it easy to grab and go!

When I finished my taxes late this afternoon, I opened up the container of my blues and yellows for My Favorite Block Quilt Along.  Kim shared the new block this morning - The Spool Block - Block 9. I printed the instructions this morning, three hole punched it, and added it to my binder.

I keep my smaller scraps of fabrics, strips, and squares in this three drawer container.  They are easy to find and it keeps them ready to use.

If you look closely you will see in the second drawer the extra strips from the Leaf Block.  I was able to use the strips for my smaller block. I cut the strips set at an angle.

It was perfect for the 6 1/2 inch spool block, because the center square was  3 1/2 by 3 1/2.

I grabbed more strips and made a larger block.

Oh I love all the deep blues...

Turned out pretty cool!

I used two background fabrics. I want to keep all the blocks scrappy.

Two more blocks completed!  I am glad I found time to sew and play!

I added them to the pizza box.  It is a new clean pizza box. Perfect to keep them nice and flat.

I stacked the containers.

and put them under my sewing table.

I am not sewing at the dining room table anymore.  This short church table works out perfect.  It is over in the corner of our living room. I still have a nice view.  Today I watched it snow!

Hope you are finding time to sew - to play!
Enjoy!
Marcia

Hop over and check out Block #9 - the Spool Block at Persimon Dreams Blog.