Quilting Group

Remember I posted a short time back about a quilting group that I am in????
http://howcraftyarewe.blogspot.com/2011/01/quilting-project.html


Well, we have been working on each others blocks and adding a border each month.

Here is an update of my quilting so far....

This is my first project after my own block. The original block had was the little 9 patch in the center. I turned it added the light brown triangles and blue/white border on the edge.

This was my block after the second trade. The original block is the brown and white in the middle. The next border put on was the grayish and pink. Then it was my turn and I added the pink stripped border. Not my favorite block, just because I wanted to do so much more, but ran out of time and material!

I am so happy with how this one turned out! My third border and block. I added the white and green triangle looking border on the very edge. I learned a lot on this one, took my time, measured correctly and think it looks good!

It has been so much fun and my next meeting is tomorrow, where we will trade for the fourth time!

I LOVE PUZZLES!

I have loved puzzles since I was little. Mom and Dad plus my grandparents always had plenty of puzzles for me to do. I remember a "Where's the Beef?" hamburger puzzle. I remember a "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM" puzzle that was all scoops and super hard! I had a really pretty whale, ocean scene that I framed and put on my bedroom wall in high school. I often wonder where all our childhood puzzles have gone to??

For Christmas this past year, I asked for a puzzle and got one! Since then, I have been on the look out for good 1000 piece puzzles at the bookstore, thrift shops or Graves drugstore. Our new coffee table makes the perfect puzzle board and fits most all of them...so far.

My niece, Lily, loves them too! She is really good at putting them together and we often play with puzzles when at mom and dad's. It's a family thing!

Here are a few I have completed over the past few months.....













Do you like puzzles too???