QUESTION! how do you store your blocks?

this is now a very important question for me because i have blocks to store! he he

i have the lovely ones from the block swap group, and the ones from the two buck block BOM

plus i have some UFO blocks just hanging around

so........i made this ages ago when i was making the little human's little macca's farm quilt which was a BOM too.

and opened out....

handy, because it rolls up quite small, but it also creases and bunches all the blocks up

how do you store yours? 

thanks!!!
pugs and kisses
xx

sneak peak! boy oh boy quilt (aka Homespun's design competition entry)

ive renamed this quilt to be more user friendly :) it will henceforth be known as The Boy Oh Boy quilt

ive started some actual stitching on my entry in the homespun's design competition!

this will be the top border

but still more blocks to stitch

it seems to be coming together ok i think - ive never really done anything like this before! so just on feel :)

pugs and kisses
xx

FINISHED! August two buck block, Jan's garden and Morgan's pillow

so in my absence from the blogging world, i have been crafting!

this is august's two buck block - i like the design very much, but am not at all fussed with the pink material....never mind!

this is Jan (my mother in law)'s birthday present!  my dad framed the embroidery for me in a frame i found at our local shops on sale!  lovely and a bargain - winner!

and this is a pillow i made for the little human's friend morgan.  not for any reason, other than the fact that she is a little champ, and a good friend to the little human.  she has a lovely gentle spirit and is a great example of sharing, caring and love.

pugs and kisses
xx

we're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

i know you're saying, where did you go!

well, it just FEELS like i've been away - in a lovely place called The Land of Illness
actually, its not very nice, i wouldn't recommend it :)

the little human has had a re-occurrence of his ear infection, ive had a kidney infection and hubby has had tonsillitis! we are all very much on the improve, but it hasn't been until today that the little human has gotten back into the hang of having his day time sleeps. apparently with an ear infection it really hurts to lie down, and so he got into a little habit of not wanting to do this (understandably). but now that he is better and running around like a crazy person again, he is getting tired, not sleeping, so getting more tired, so not sleeping.....ARGH!

but today - all is well. a very nice morning sleep, and he is sleeping now quietly and peacefully. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i took this photo of him to remind me that i love him when he is driving me around the bend

ahh, he's so cute!

anyhoo, ill post some more about the craft things i have been up to in the meantime

pugs and kisses! (don't worry, im not contagious anymore!!!)
xx

RE-FINISHED! August Block Swap

with my new found confidence of creating 12.5" blocks, i thought i would remake Cathy's block from this month too.

she requested any block in reds, blacks and whites - so i made a Arkansas Cross Roads Block, measuring a very happy 12.5" :)

hope my swappers can find something to do with their 12" blocks - pillows perhaps? :)

pugs and kisses
xx

RE-FINISHED! August Block Swap II

now that i know how to sew a 1/4" seam (see last post!) i remade a block for Paola

as you may remember, she requested any block in country colours, and so i made the following "Fair and Square" block (and yes, it measures 12.5"!)

whew! can put it in the post now :)

pugs and kisses
xx

project "let's get to the bottom of this 1/4" thing"

a clumsy title, but accurate - unlike my piecing!

so possible issues that could be leading to my problems....
1. my 1/4" foot is not true

2. my rulers for rotary cutting are not true







3. there is a problem with the patterns at the website

4. i am crap at piecing

item number 3 seems to be not the case - the lovely Alex had a look at the maths and says it looks good for a 12" block. so.....

1. my 1/4" foot is not true

2. my rulers for rotary cutting are not true

3. there is a problem with the patterns at the website 

4. i am crap at piecing

first things first, tape measure onto the rulers, and the mat - they are all the same.  and i figure it can't be this, or that i am totally rubbish at cutting, otherwise none of my edges would ever match up..... so......

1. my 1/4" foot is not true

2. my rulers for rotary cutting are not true

3. there is a problem with the patterns at the website 

4. i am crap at piecing

a quick measure of my 1/4" foot has a devestating result.....

it's WAY bigger than 1/4"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  what's that about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so im quite sad.....i loved that foot - he was awesome.

so a big WHEW! that point 4 wasn't the case :)  thanks for the comments about inaccurate machine feet and measurements etc.  who would have thought that those extra little bits could throw a block out by a whole 1/2"!

so i put the regular foot on, and used the 1/4" mark on the throat plate (which seemed to measure 1/4" on my tape measure too).  and remade the Chain block that i made for Paola, but in scraps

and would you look at that!  it measures 12.5"!!! yay!!

im so sorry to Marcia at the Quilter's Cache for even SUGGESTING that it could have been anyone's problem other than mine!!!

i guess we are at the bottom of this 1/4" thing - Mr. 1/4" foot is in the bin :(

pugs and kisses
xx

p.s. if anyone wants the above block, just let me know! its ready to be posted :)