May 27, 2019

I haven’t taken a walk or a drive past Cranberry Lake lately but if it isn’t covered with water lilies already it soon will be. Although this block is called Lotus on Pond, it reminds me of the water lilies.

May 8, 2019

Growing up Ken’s birthday was associated with seeding and grad – would Dad have to stop seeding in order to attend the ceremonies. Although I still think of seeding and grad, these days I’m more likely to be admiring the lilacs in blossom.

May 1, 2019

I really messed up on this one. Not only was I late in getting it put together, but when I finished the card and was getting ready for the mail I realized I didn’t have her mailing address. I know I’ve sent her cards before so who knows what happened to the address. Now that Barb has given me her address, I realize I didn’t take a photo before wrapping it up. And if you’ve every received a parcel from me you know you can’t easily open it up again even for a photo!

The card I made was Blue Ribbon from The Splendid Sampler 2.

UPDATE: Thanks to Barb for sending me a photo of the card.

April 21, 2019

This card was an experiment. I wanted to try a Disappearing 4-Patch block and I thought a card would be small enough to get the idea of how it looks. It turns out you really can make a block too small.

I started by making a simple, but small, 4-Patch block. When I decided that one block wouldn’t be enough I made three more. Each of the blocks were sliced and diced and then put back together.

Partly due to the fabric choices I made and partly because the pieces are so small you really don’t get the overall effect. I’ll have to try it again sometime!