Category Archives: Cards

Calendar Block – February

Calendar Blocks, Cards, Quilting
from Quiltish Corner (~ 14″ x 14″)

Not a big surprise that for February Kathryn’s Calendar block is a heart. I swear I’ve made this pattern (or one very similar) in different sizes many times over the years.

Kathryn mentioned that she wasn’t sure she wanted to be cutting onions on her cutting board with last month’s snowman underneath. This month I used some food-related fabric for the back. And that reminded me of a bunch of food-related hexagons that I ended up with when I purchased a bag of fabric scraps (and I know who it was that snuck them in there!). I’ll have to find them and maybe put them together for future backings.

Happy Birthday Taylor

Cards

January 10, 2022

Antique Memories (from the Splendid Sampler 2 series)

I enjoyed making this card. Based on its name I tried to find fabrics that I might have used over the years for various things I’ve made for Taylor. I can see fabric from two sets of curtains I’ve made for her as well as fabric I used for the gym bag I made for her several years ago. Some of the other fabrics were used for items for other grandchildren and, who knows, some of the fabrics may have made it into her other cards.

My youngest granddaughter is 12 today – where has the time gone?

Happy Birthday Will

Cards

January 18, 2022

Precious Things (from the Splendid Sampler 2 series)

I used my newly-acquired paper piecing skills for this card. Newly-acquired but quickly forgotten. Thanks to Deloise for putting me back on track. I’ve added another note to the notes I already had so, hopefully, next time I can do it on my own.

Will turns 17 this year – I can hardly wrap my head around that. Of course if I thought too often of the ages of my grandchildren I’d have to think about the ages of my children and then my own age – so I tend to think of them rather than the ages!

There is nothing more precious than my grandchildren.

Happy Birthday Kathryn

Calendar Blocks, Cards, Quilting

January 4, 2022

(from Quiltish Corner)

When I visited Kathryn in the fall she mentioned that she wished she’d had more blocks to put under the glass cutting board that sits on her counter. I had already started downloading a series of calendar blocks without any idea of how I would use them. They are a perfect size for Kathryn’s cutting board so, suddenly, I had a plan.

I used some curved stitching for the quilting – I wasn’t sure I could do it without free-motion but it worked well enough that I’ll keep it in mind for future projects. I did some thread painting for the arms – again a first for me. I wish he had more of a smile but perhaps getting back into the routine of things after Christmas warrants a grimace!

Kathryn will receive a new block every month – or maybe a couple during certain months.