January 18, 2020

No problem associating a name with this block. Will is a star in whatever he chooses to do – football, softball, hockey – and he’s making a name for himself as a great referee in hockey.

This isn’t exactly how the block was supposed to be made. Often when I follow the picture I make mistakes; this time I followed the instructions and I still made a mistake. In this instance I should have followed both at the same time. I’m still happy with how it turned out and done is done.

Happy Birthday Will!

January 10, 2020

It is getting harder and harder to come up with connections between the remaining Splendid Sampler blocks and the people I am giving the block to.

This one is called Unity Star. Taylor joined a competitive gymnastics team last year so she knows how to work with a team (unity). She also is doing very well and bringing home medals in all her competitions (star).

I’m hoping to see her in action at her next competition.

January 4, 2020

I had a lot of trouble with this block. It was meant to be paper-pieced but since some of the pieces were rectangles I decided I didn’t need to use the paper-piecing method for all of it. I didn’t get the proportions right and ended up taking it all apart (except for the part I paper-pieced) and starting over.

I had a particular photo of Kathryn in mind that I was going to post with her card (she’ll be pleased I didn’t find it). Her hair was all in curls and the caption was going to be “What bow would you choose for her hair?”

Sunday, December 29, 2019

I found a pattern in one of Deloise’s magazines and thought I could make use of it for some of my Christmas cards. Once I finished one I couldn’t stop so, in total I made eleven of them!

The pattern also makes good gift tags and I added a few more on gifts to my Thursday sewing group.