A Happy Mail Day

Lots of happy colors and blocks in the mail box today to brighten my day.

These swap blocks are for my

Happy Garden Block Quilt

I also received the last block for 

My Scrappy Heart Block Swap Quilt Started Here

It is a gray day with rain moving in this afternoon.

A good day to stay inside and sew.

May you have a happy quilty day, too!

It's a Happy Block Day!

These are the first of many swap blocks that are arriving in my mailbox

in lovely squishie envelopes.

I posted about this  winner take all block lotto

 Here

and these were the blocks I made for the lucky winner of this months drawing.

Well guess what?

 I was the lucky winner!

Here are the cutting instructions I posted for making these 8.5" blocks.

I will be have about 30 blocks to make my quilt

This would give me a quilt about 45" by 54"

with no sashing or border.

I am thinking I would like a larger lap size quilt.

So I have decided on a setting that will add narrow white borders 

and then an outer border to make a block variation

of this block ...

Garden Fence Quilt Block Tutorial 

@ Freemotion by the River

I have always wanted to make a Garden Fence Quilt.

This seems like the perfect time and use of my lovely

Here are the Happy Blocks that arrived today!

I have the start of a wonderful floral garden quilt

Oh, Happy Block Day!

Make Two Blocks ~ Feel Better in the Morning

These are Happy Blocks.

I have been having a bad eye day,

bad day healthwise all around really,

and have not gotten much done.

I needed a  pick-me-up.

So I sewed me some Happy Blocks. 

I first made this block to swap long ago

when every morning 

I grabbed a cup of coffee, turned on my computer and logged in 

to visit with my quilty friends at the once mighty, now defunct

Block Central Forum

... long  before I ever had a blog.

This is the earliest blog post that I can find about

Happy Blocks,
by that time the forum was already gone
but the friends got together elsewhere.

I made and sent and even won many Happy Blocks.

Very often they went into quilts I donated,

spreading their happiness to others.

Here is how to make a Happy Block:

Here are the cutting instructions for making this 8.5" square block.

I press all my pieces and the sew opposite sides.

Press.

Repeat.

Then I press my blocks ...

 I pressed seams open.

I used to press seams outward,

but I know this way they will fit with any other blocks.

Then  I trimmed up my blocks to make perfect 8.5" squares.

Fabrics are an older Fig Tree Quilts line called "Fresh Cottons"

These blocks are for a winner takes all swap in May

in a newly made swap group that includes many of my long time

Happy Block Swapping Friends.

Hoping I am the lucky winner

but I will be just as happy to send them to a friend.

These blocks are like potato chips.

Bet you can't make just one ... ;)