Bloggers BOM - Update!

I have caught up with the Bloggers Block of the Month!!

I still really like these colors!!

Here are all the squares in one photo:

 You can see all the other Blogger's Blocks at this Flickr page.

Back to the sewing room!

CathyH

I AM here!

It's been a while since I last posted.  I've been playing catch up.  Almost done with my January UFO and my February UFO and found my March UFO.

BUT......
 I have caught up with the Blogger's Block of the Month.  Directions for six blocks have been revealed - and I have completed all six!!

Block Six

Block Five

Block Four

Block Three

Block Two

Block One

Altogether, so far.

It looks like I need some sunlight in order to get some better photos!  The rain and dreary weather, however, is what kept me in the sewing room.

Sew today, Sun tomorrow (or even later!!)

Back to work!

CathyH

Bloggers Block of the Month #2

I finished my second Block of the month.

It was not as easy as I thought it would be -

mostly because I just didn't think.

This is what my first effort looked like:

I just didn't let my right brain know

what my left brain was doing.

I chain-sewed the scrap triangles together and I liked the little flags so much, they now sit on my design wall.

I like having a bunch of projects going

so I can change colors whenever I want.

And with this project, you can see all the other Bloggers' blocks, too.

CathyH

Bloggers Block of September

I finished my first Bloggers Block of the Month!

(See my fabric decisions here).

You can see other Bloggers' creations here. It is so interesting how so many variations come from just one block.

I am going to start a new project today.

Gotta get to work!

CathyH

Bloggers Block of the Month

Jackie, at Canton Village Quilt Works, has created a "Bloggers Block of the Month" and I decided to try to participate. (You can access Canton Village Quilt Works with the button in the right column on this blog.) My first task was to choose a set of fabrics to use. I have enough quilts that have nothing to do with colors I like or fabrics and colors I would actually use to decorate my house. So I went hunting in my stash to find 6 fabrics that might work in my house. I found this BEAUTIFUL turquoise batik - and decided I could make that work with most of my earth-toned decor. I then pulled a bunch of browns I like.

Nothing else went well with the batik - until a found a few (very few) scraps of the paisley you can see here with my other fabrics. It works OK.

I was showing my daughter when, all of sudden, I remembered my CLOTHING to-do pile. One day, shopping at Kohl's I found this . . . nostalgic. . . dress. I LOVE the colors!

I made and wore a dress just like this from 1977-1980 (it was red calico - but pretty much all else was the same). I wore it out. . threadbare: it was SO comfortable and cute. When I tried on this brown dress, well, it was a little short for a 50-something lady - and I wasn't too crazy about the spaghetti straps either. But - it was only $8, so I bought 2! One will contribute the skeleton of the dress-to-be, the other dress will contribute one more ruffle to make it longer and some extra fabric for some kind of cap sleeve.

BUT..............

It is also EXACTLY the 6th fabric I want to use in the

Bloggers Block of the Month!!

See ya!

I'm going to go dissect this dress!

CathyH