I'm making twice the number of 6.5" sampler blocks for both of Jenifer Dick's samplers, Modern Monday and Traditional Tuesday . I've gotten into the habit of sewing two blocks for both these sampler blocks on Tuesdays. I rather enjoy comparing the two techniques to make the same block. All I had time for today was the Modern Monday blocks.
Tuesday is also the day Jo posts her latest Crumb-Along instructions, which I started out sewing on Tuesdays and eventually moved to later in the week because I like to include sewing string blocks for my String Quilt project and found I couldn't do it all on the same day as the weekly sampler blocks.
Today is the 25th of the month, so the Bloggers' BOM block has been posted. And I was planning on getting it done right away and making more bright scrappy nine patches for a Sister's Choice project I'm making with strips from the same bin. Yeah...well...so much for planning.
And today is also the start of 12 Days of Christmas Sampler Quilt-Along . The first block has been posted. It's really cute, but it's paper pieced and fussy-cut... which has me doing the ol' take one step back and melt into the crowd shimy. I've decided, with regret, that I really do have too much on my plate so will probably not be doing this one afterall.
Got to run now.
Wow, I'm glad you made that final decision. I was having a hard time catching my breath as I read through all of the projects you have going!
ReplyDeleteI think it is smart to do two of a block of the month. I used to take a block of the month class that taught a new technique each month. I made two of each block and had two quilts for the "price" of one. : )
Lots of good information all in one place...thanks!
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Margaret
We all overload from time to time. Remember that fabric is patient and will still be there tomorrow.
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