#AtoZChallenge ~ B is For Block

B is for Block.

Here is today's block for my A-Z Quilt.

I am going to try to come up with a quilt word or term for each day, too.

B is for Blue

This block is blue.

This blue block is for the I-Spy Alphabet Quilt 

that I am designing for this challenge.

It will be a twin size quilt for a child. 

 B is for Book

I love books.

So I have a very large collection of quilt books.

These are my Lori Holt books.

The upper case letter blocks I am making are from her Spelling Bee book. 

I love the way these books are spiral bound on the inside

so that I can fold the pages over so they lay flat when I am cutting and piecing.

B is for "Bee in my Bonnet" Blog

Click Here to visit Lori Holt's Blog

where you will find a multitude of ideas, some from her books and some free.

I am really enjoying this

#AtoZChallenge @ Applique Patchwork Quilting

where today

B is for Button 

I love my colorful little jars of buttons.

I like to add them to projects, such as these pincushions. 

"Button. Button. Who's got the button?"

How to Play The Button Game ~ Click Here

I used to play this game as a child in the 1950s, here in the U.S.A.

Did you used to play this game?

I am wondering if it is still played here or anywhere.

I will be posting everyday in April, except Sundays for the

A to Z Challenge

Are you joining in the fun?

Happy Blogging! 

Bee Patriotic Sew Along

I am getting ready to sew along.

I have the book that is needed to make the blocks.

The book is Vintage Christmas by Lori Holt

and all the blocks are pieced.

Everything You Need to Know to Sew Along Is Here

This is a photo of Lori Holt's Quilt,

more photos and info on her blog link. 

I love her colors, including the aqua and pink.

There is Bee Patriotic Fat Quarter Bundle @ FQS

which is all lovely blenders that may also be used in other quilts.

Here are the fabric requirements.

It is a very "stash happy" pattern.

I am gathering fabrics

and making plans to sew along.

:-) 

Cross Stitch ~ Weekly Update

Week 2 Challenge Done!

All set up to start Week 3 tomorrow with the 

Quilters' Cottage Cross Stitch Stitch Along

I am feeling very accomplished.

I have recently started cross stitching again after a 40 year lapse.

The fence in this pattern was challenging for me last week,
but the lettering this week felt very familiar.

I am enjoying these weekly challenges and
am hopeful that I will be able to keep up.

On to the clothesline and the first quilt on the line tomorrow.
The quilt motifs are one per week.

I can do this! 

:-) 

R&R Time ~ Farm Girl Vintage

R&R Time

I need to take a few short breaks here and there from the pattern and quilt I am working on
and the overtime burnout that my quilty muse has been feeling lately.

Sew I have decided to seek my inner vintage farm girl and sew a few blocks.

It is not Friday and it is Week 7

... so I am (not very fashionably) late to this party ...

Farm Girl Friday Sew Along

 but I finally got a

Bee In My Bonnet

and had to buy the  Farm Girl Vintage book and join this fun.

My fabrics of choice are some that have been in stash for some time. 

"Rise N Shine" by Glenna Hailey,

from Maywood Studio

is my fabrics of choice for starting this project.

Colors are red/green/yellow/black and creamy white.

I am adding some other fabrics from my repros stash as needed ...

and maybe some gingham ... hmmmmm.


I think that I want to add blue to my quilt ... ???

Do y'all think that either of these blue 30's print from

The Feedsack Lady

works with the other fabrics?

Blue #1 ... from Darlene Zimmerman's "Garden Party"

or

Blue # 2 ... from Darlene Zimmerman's Mama's Feedsacks

or

Option # 3 ... I keep digging for a better blue

or

Option #4 ... no blue in this quilt


Do y'all think that this blue 30's print from

The Feedsack Lady

works with the other fabrics?


Opinions welcome ... :)

Time to sew!