Two More Days and then....

I know you are anxiously awaiting the first Wednesday in May for the first Sow-A-Long of May... TWO more days.


Until then, let me share a picture from the weekend we spent with the darling grandson.  He calls me Nana and I've gotta say it's the most beautiful sound to hear that little boy calling, "Nana, Nana, Nana", even at the butt-crack-of-dawn.

Note that Max's head is about 4 times the size of Ryan's foot. :-)


Have a great Monday!
Love to you all,
Randy

I've been TABBED!!!

Guess who is now tabbed??? ME!!
Thank you Janet (roguequilter) for walking me through the process necessary to add a tab to my blog and for helping me put the links for each post.  You will now be able to go back and see the instructions for all the Sow-A-Long blog posts.  I've even added the picture which has all the blocks, save for the latest Birds in the Air.  THANKS JANET!! Linky-thing is still coming one of these days.

Oh, and I was a naughty girl...went onto ebay last week, still playing around looking for another Bernina and just happened over to the antique quilt blocks and bought absolutely gorgeous album blocks in red/white.

My plan is to put them on point with plain muslin. Aren't they fabulous?? Of course I needed another project, right??


Hope everyone is having a great week! I'll be quiet this weekend: we are babysitting! WOOHOO!!


Love to you all,
Randy

Wednesday bonus for Sow-A-Long

I am guessing that everyone is caught up on their blocks and just chomping at the sewing machine waiting for a bonus block to tide you over until the next 3 blocks come out on May 2nd.


Here you go!!


Birds in the Air

Background:  Cut (2) 4" squares, cut once on the diagonal

Dark:  Cut (6) 2" squares, cut once on the diagonal

Background:  Cut (6) 2" squares, making 12 hsts, 1" finished

Dark:   cut (6) 2" squares, making 12 hsts, 1" finished

Hope you are having a great week!

Love to you all,

Randy

Wisteria in bloom and LABELS

Aside from being a great quilter, my friend Claire is a fabulous gardener. She and her husband are awesome! They have a beautiful yard which they are constantly working on.  They planted some beautiful wisteria vines many years ago and they are blooming now.  Here are what some of her plants look like:

On another note, I have been stumped trying to figure out how to make it easier for everyone to find prior posts with Sow-A-Long instructions.  I am blog-challenged!  My dear friend Lori suggested that I do labels to make it easier for everyone. SOOOO, I have added labels to all the blog posts that have instructions for the blocks I've posted thus far. They are all under "SOW-A-LONG".


Hope everyone had a great weekend and that the week is looking good for you.  Guess who we get over next weekend??? Darling Grandson Ryan!!! YEAH!!!


Love to you all,
Randy
ps: Bonus Block coming on Wednesday. Keep checking back!!!

The magic number is ---- 24

There have been a number of questions about how many blocks we have done thus far.  I have been posting since Feb. 1st, 6 blocks a month (=18).  I have thrown in some bonus blocks.  The total number of blocks that I have made (excluding duplicates of the same block in different color ways) is 24!!


Here are mine on the design wall. This is the first time I've taken them out of the baggie they're living in. It's good to do that because I can see which colors I need to add and also that we need MORE baskets!!! Oh and STARS!!! :-)

I'm going to try to figure out how to add a tab at the top with all the directions kept in one place. Bonnie, where are you when I need you?? VBG
And I still plan to do a linky thing (my autocorrect always types in KINKY...and NO, we are not doing the kinky thing here!)


Hope everyone has a great weekend.  We are going to see the darling boy tomorrow in San Francisco, where the weather is supposed to be glorious!


Love to you all,
Randy, Head Sower

Another healthy breakfast

I picked up Ryan yesterday and we went to play in the park. I always take him to the same place for breakfast where he eats only two things, from the Basic B Food groups: bacon and bananas!!

If it's the third Wednesday in April, it must be SOW A LONG day

Boy, those two weeks sure went fast! Hope everyone is all caught up, even with the bonus blocks!


Today we have three new blocks AND a bonus block, just because...


Dutchman's Puzzle


Cut background   (4) 2-1/2" squares (for flying geese, need 4)
cut medium        (1) 4-1/4" square
Please see previous instructions for making flying geese. You need (4) which will finish at 1-1/2 x 3".(2 x 3-1/2" unfinished!) 


Cut background  (4) 2-1/2" square (for flying geese, need 4)
cut dark            (1) 4-1/4" square


You will need (4) of these flying geese. Total is (8) flying geese.

Sawtooth Star


Cut background  (4) 2" squares


Cut background  (1) 4-1/4" square (for 4 flying geese)
cut dark            (4) 2-1/2" square (2 x 3-1/2" unfinished)


Cut dark          (1) 2-5/8" square (center)
Cut medium     (2) 2-1/2" square, cut once on the diagonal. You are making a square in a square.  Square up to 3-1/2" unfinished.

Hooker's Hat Patch**


Cut background  (3)- 2-1/2" squares (for corners and center)


Cut background  (3) - 3" squares (for 6 hsts, finishing at 2")
cut  dark           (3) - 3" squares (for 6 hsts, finishing at 2")
NOTE:  I do my hsts extra large allowing for fudge room; I cut them down to the size 2-1/2" unfinished. You can also use the easy angle, cutting strips 2-1/2".

**from Carol Hopkins' Civil War Legacies


BONUS BLOCK  (just because!!)


Cut  4 different squares 4-1/4"; then cut diagonally twice to make (4) quarter square triangles, 3-1/2" unfinished.

That's IT!! Not so bad!
Please let me know how you're doing!!!!


Love to you all,
Randy, ready to tackle the latest JTForever blocks!! vbg