It's a good day in the neighborhood

The sun is out.  WOOHOO.
And, best news yet, Oregon is starting to open up. I'm not sure what to do first! VBG.  I think the local quilt store is requiring reservations to come and shop.  I think I'll wait on that one.

I was motivated this week by the Mini Maven Mainiac, Miss Wendy Reed [constantquilter], to get my May mini done!  I found some orphan blocks in a drawer and decided to set them using some DiFord fabric (I believe it's her design) I had.  I have accumulated a fair amount of border/stripe type fabrics that I've yet to use.  VOILA!!  

What's interesting about this mini is that I have the original quilt here at the cabin.  Same blocks that are set differently.


I'm not sure you can see the binding fabric very well.  This fabric had two different prints side by side:  the floral and the ribbon.  I decided to use the ribbon for the binding (well, I had to cut them off anyway to get the floral strips cut).  I'm calling this Tic Tac Toe!!

Here is the original quilt.  The blocks are 4" finished, by the way. So each little 4-patch is 1".  I made this as part of a swap maybe 5-6 years ago.  The original pattern was called Dipped in Chocolate.  I can't remember where it came from though.

I think it's so interesting to see the difference between the two with just the setting.  Same exact blocks!  I actually prefer the setting with the floral print.  The quilting on the larger quilt is very tight so it's not a particularly soft cuddly quilt.  Oh well.  I have already hung up my mini on my wall and I think it adds lots of perkiness, if that's a word!

I have also been making more of the trip around the world blocks and the album blocks.  I'm hoping to get enough done to put them together into a quilt maybe this weekend.  I'm meeting my long arm quilter friend next week so hope to give her one.

Do you see the horseshoe in the upper right corner?  That was a project little Emma made last summer in horseback riding camp so I decided to hang it on my design wall.



We did go back to California over last weekend to see all our kids.  I hold Mother's Day very dear to my heart every year so I didn't want to miss it.  We had our grandkids staying overnight and they loved that too.  No one is sick so we feel okay about being together.  This is me with all 5 grandkids;  the baby wasn't too happy about being in the picture!


Hope you are all well and healthy and safe.  This too shall pass--hopefully sooner rather than later.