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Block of the Month update

I know - two posts in one weekend after a month of silence.  What can I say, when it rains it pours. I finished all my block/pillow of the months today.  Between cleaning house (my art girls are coming on Tuesday so good inspiration to clean house) I was able to finish these.  First, my Fat Quarter Shop Designer Mystery Block of the Month (#10).  And then Pat Sloan's Vacation Time Block of  the Month mystery.  Fat Quarter Shops Snapshots mystery.  And Shabby Fabrics Pillow of the month.  Made my first rouched flowers on this one. And I got the piping/binding on this one. I also got 3 blocks for my Material Girls friendship group block exchange done.  Can't show those though. Thanks for looking have a great week.

A ton of finishes

Kind of only 2.  You'll see in a minute.  I was busy the last few weeks with guild business and then I had three of my quilts and a guild charity quilt to finish.  First my quilts.  Remember in December when I started the Bonnie Hunter Mystery this year?   This is the last time I posted about them.   I wasn't thrilled with the green sashing.  I saw on Facebook where someone took all those sashing pieces and made a separate quilt.  I liked what I saw so I went ahead and did that.  But here's what I did with the other blocks.  I didn't use any sashing.  Just the blocks and I did use the border pieces.  I just quilted an all over stipple and got it done.  Pretty bright and outside of my 'wheel house' let's say.  But I'll put it to good use somewhere.    And just in time for St. Patrick's Day, I finished this little lap quilt with the sashing strips.  Just stitched in the ditch and a feather in the border. But my favorite of the quilts I finished w