Saturday, July 24, 2010

Here's What I Did Friday Night

I decided that I should work on the Storybook Challenge quilt since it is due in mid August.  Those of you that follow my blog know that I am making the blocks from several books I have and I am selecting and cutting each as I go along, wow does that make progress very slow.  I did manage to redo the chicken,  I made it larger and selected colors that matched the other blocks better.


I also made the bird house block and the flower block shown.


This morning I decided to keep on plugging along and made another flower block, the truck block, and the teacup.  I added a border to the bird to make it the same size as the others, not sure I like the red border it "pops", but I am using my stash as much as possible so it may stay as is, I need to remember that this will be given to a child with cancer that I am sure will love all the bright colors!   Also put a border around the tree, that block might not end up in the middle it might go to one side??   I will play around some more with the layout and then decide what other blocks or fillers I need to make, boy I'm not sure I'm cut out for doing my own thing! 
The hardest part is that the blocks that I liked did not all have compatiable sizes, the center tree is 15" (before border) and the others (except the dog) are 10", I will probably add borders and plain blocks???

Enjoy your weekend.

8 comments:

  1. Good job Denise! You got a lot done and the blocks look great! I can tell you really put a lot of hard work in those blocks.

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  2. Your blocks looks great! I like where the teacup is by the tree, and it makes the tree border narrower. Just looks better to me that size than where it's wider.

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  3. Denise those blocks are gorgeous... you are doing such a great job on that... I love them all.

    Hugs, Deb

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  4. How creative. I know making blocks like that take a lot of time and patience. Good job.

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  5. The blocks look great. You are doing such a good job on that quilt. I'm anxious to see it when it's finished.

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  6. Well, I know nothing about quilting, but I thought I'd say hi anyways. Just passing through a bunch of random blogs.

    I see you're a Christian, me too! :)

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  7. I think it's wonderful that you will be giving the quilt to a child with cancer. I am sure they will treasure it.

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