After a summer of white charmeuse and virtually no quilting, the timing was excellent when I ran into a friend at an almost LQS and she mentioned, "Oh by the way, there's this Civil War block exchange and we signed you up for it." I had only a few weeks to get cracking on 16 three inch blocks but was highly motivated to make antique-looking stars, and to make them small. No question, I was IN.
Our first exchange was this past Saturday, at Liz's house. Did I mention this is a book club too? We talked about a book (Pillars of the Earth),
we enjoyed breakfast scones and fresh fruit,
Liz demo'd a handy-dandy ruler that looks to simplify these tiny star blocks,
we had show and tell,
and we exchanged blocks.
Can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday morning.
9 comments:
Wow! What fun! Love those tiny blocks.
ttfn :) Yuki
Can't wait to see what becomes of these! That seems like a dream group...blocks, books and breakfast. Who could ask for more?
I love the small stars, the size really is tiny. Great colours too. It sounds like a great group to belong to.
I'm sure it will be great. Waiting inquisitively.
Looks like a wonderful group. Love the little stars - look forward to seeing what you do with them. That flower quiltis gorgeous!
glad they signed you up!
looks like a great group to belong to, loved the show and tell
ok so tell us I love making little blocks whats the name of that ruler and did you think it was worth buying?
can't wait to see what you make with those stars!
Kathie
Wonderful time spent scrolling your site back to June09... so relaxing... Thanks for letting me share your life and quilty times
BKirk
http://bquiltin.blogspot.com/
Swoon! Sounds like the perfect setup... books and quilts!
Those stars? AWESOME! Hoorah for the chrome yellow, wish i made those....... Will V in Paris
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