I hope everyone found time in their busy holiday schedules to sew up block #2354!
I see lots of interesting ways to color this block, so I’m anxious to see how everyone else approached it. I’ve got Christmas on the brain, so the whole time I was sewing this block, I kept picturing this:
Add an appliqué bow and you’ve got a wreath! I’m trying to keep all my sew along blocks coordinating (in a scrappy sort of way), so the wreath version will have to be a project for another day!
To Link Up Your Photo
Scroll down to the comment form at the end of this post. Fill in your info and make sure you select an image for your comment (this will be the photo of your block).
If you have a blog, make sure to add your site too. If you wrote a post for this block, please link directly to that post. Let’s visit each others’ blogs and all get to know each other!
You can link up your Block 6 photo at any time. But for those who link up by Wednesday, December 26, 12 noon EST, you’ll be entered in a little giveaway! One lucky winner will receive a priority mail envelope filled with fabric scraps. Because who doesn’t need a little more fabric?!
The Block 5 Link Up Giveaway winner was Pat Paulson.
We’re taking a little break from the sew along, so come back on Monday, January 7 for Block #7 of the sew along!
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12-21-2012
10:04 am
Terri, I can’t wait to see what your finished quilt looks like… I love you color choice and the different way you have done your blocks. You are very creative.
They are all pretty but yours are exceptional!
Wishing each and everyone a very “MERRY CHRISTMAS and a wonderful “NEW YEAR”!
12-21-2012
10:22 am
Thanks Martha !!!!! Kids love bright colors and motion, so that’s what I’m striving for.
12-21-2012
10:10 am
Half way!!!!
12-21-2012
10:20 am
This block was another fun one! I wish I had brighter batiks, but I’m trying to use what I’ve got and not purchase more right now. We’ll see how that goes in 2013!! haha
Hope everyone enjoys the Holiday Season. Stay safe! See ya next year!!
12-21-2012
11:09 am
Love the wreath!
12-21-2012
12:43 pm
More fun!
12-21-2012
4:29 pm
As always, great job everyone! We may be getting to the point where I could recognize who made the block before looking at the name underneath.
Happy holidays to all!
Jenny @ EQ
12-21-2012
5:35 pm
Terri, Don and Mine would be the easiest… At least I can pick out the other two.
12-21-2012
8:19 pm
Always look forward to seeing all of the different versions of the same block.
To everyone, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
12-22-2012
5:38 am
Her er min blok 6 2354
12-22-2012
10:32 pm
I have a big box of scraps that I’m trying to use up so I get some wild looking things. I like them wild so it’s all good.
12-24-2012
1:41 pm
Block 6 Merry Christmas to all
12-25-2012
2:45 pm
I have been so busy, I almost forgot about linking up my block. I hope everyone had a ver nice holiday, whatever you celebrate this time of year.
12-28-2012
12:48 pm
Finally found the time to finish my block and post it. Had a very busy but wonderful Christmas with all the family here for dinner on Christmas Day. It was our 10 month old great grandson’s first Christmas. I must admit that I had a little trouble with this block. I think the problem was that my templates may not be accurate. I am making all of my blocks 12 1/2 inches unfinished in order to make a bed size quilt therefore the paper piecing option didn’t seem the way to go for a couple of reasons. 1) there is more waste and I have limited matching fabric and 2) I would have had to piece the paper pattern together. So I have made templates for all of my blocks. I have run out of the navy and the burgandy fabric so my next block will have some different fabrics but still basically the same colors that go with the fabric using for the border of the quilt.
12-29-2012
8:20 pm
I am having a terrible time sewing templates and making all my seams line up. Any advice?
12-30-2012
11:55 am
I had some trouble too Annie and thought it was just me at first. I had to keep adjusting seams etc to make everything fit. After thinking about it I decided that it may be impossible to get a perfect template via the computer, then the printer. Maybe someone will prove me wrong but I believe that templates are not perfect using this technology. Just makes things challenging and much more interesting I guess. lol
12-30-2012
2:28 pm
Nancy,
I hadn’t thought of that. And I just thought of something else – even though the templates may look symmetrical, they may not be and after sorting out the cut fabric pieces, I may not be sewing them to the correct edges. hmmm something to think about when I cut out some more templates.
Thanks for the advice.
12-31-2012
11:57 am
You could use the foundation pattern instead of templates. I actually use a combination of both- I use the templates to cut out my fabric patches, but sew them together using the foundation printout.
01-03-2013
10:41 am
Good idea Jenny…I’ll use the templates for foundation piecing in the future. Thank you!
01-05-2013
5:52 am
WOW! What a great collection showcasing Block 6. I am really enjoying doing this Sew-a-long.
01-24-2013
6:23 pm
BB # 6