Splendid Sampler Blocks 17 - 19

Block 17 - Family Stars

Gosh I love this block!  I love stars and whats better than itty bitty ones!   The 4 stars represent my 4 grand kids.  Oh...did you count the number of pieces in this block?  57!  Yes, you read that right.  57 in a little 6 inch block.

Block 18 - Lena's Gift

This was a nice easy block after the last one!   :)

Block 19 - Measure Twice, Cut Once

Isn't this a clever block?  The original pattern had you embroidering the numbers on fabric but I had some tape measure fabric.  I had to turn fabric over and then upside down so it'd look like a real tape measure laid out.   :)   

I love seeing what block is coming next.  Come join in the fun if you haven't already. You can catch up with blocks at the Splendid Sampler site.

Splendid Sampler Blocks 14 - 16

Boy am I behind in showing my blocks here on my blog!

Block 14 - Flying High

 I'd been doing needle turn with the applique blocks but decided these birds were too little to fuss with it.  So I fused and raw edge appliqued.  With 86 blocks to go I didn't want to be behind by adding more hand work.  

Block 15 - Family Affair

This was the first paper pieced block.  I had one boo-boo but decided to fix and not re-do it.  I really like this design.

Block 16 - Pieces of Friendship

Vacation

 I love these women!  Love doing life with them.  We counted and this was our 17th vacation together.  So much fun.

   It was our first time vacationing on Whidbey Island. The house we rented was right smack dab on the beach.  Gorgeous views.

The weather was amazing. A lot of time was spent on the deck soaking in the sunshine.

I didn't really get much sewing done this year.  I was thinking I'd do tons without the puppy around but....girlfriend fun is just as distracting!   :)

I had hoped to finish up the Norway quilt but I only managed to get a few blocks done. I still have two left to do.  

We often do a group project.  This year we all made a Simple Little Pouch from Bloomin' Workshop. Its a decent sized pouch - 12 inches long.  

Thanking God every day for the love of good friends!  Couldn't imagine life without them.

Splendid Sampler Blocks 7, 12, 13

I finished block 7.  Its called Snug as a Bug.  The original design was embroidered only but I decided to applique the quilt. I also enlarged it a tad. 

I'm still working on block 11...another embroidered one....lots of embroidery so I think it'll be while.

Block 12 - Checkerboard

The designers block was just two fabrics but I had to go scrappy!   36 different squares in this one.  :)

Block 13 - Scrap Star

I veered a lot from the designers on this one.  Hers had a two borders and corner squares....I went with just the star middle.

I was on vacation when blocks 14 & 15 were released.  I've been either too tired or distracted this week to catch up and then block 16 was released yesterday.  Ugh.  Hopefully I'll get caught up this weekend.