I Have Been Sewing

It was newsletter week for the S.R. Quilt Guild and a bit of my time was taken up with that endeavor, so machine time has suffered. I have been hand-sewing a lot on a secret project that cannot be divulged at this time. I'm going to photograph it today so I can post pictures after it has been sent away.

In the meantime, I received this wonderful block from my pal Kathy B--her second for this project. She did a wonderful job on Judy's Star, didn't she?

I made a couple myself this week, Peaceful Hours, a block I'd sent to Moira for the swap, but the copies I sent of the templates were wonky and she made 3--count them 3--trial blocks without success. I was able to make the block by tracing exactly the templates in the book, and even then, I had to remake one star point section. I certainly appreciate Moira's above and beyond efforts and the replacement she sent.

Finally, here is today's block, named Ohio Trail by Marsha McCloskey. I likt the little four patches in the corners and how they completely change this otherwise plain old Ohio Star.

I now have 14 blocks with one still out, so I'll be making about 4 more. Looking at my blocks, I just realized that Molly made this block as well--d'oh--but with the colorways being pretty different, it won't be easy to tell. Sheesh, all the record-keeping on who-got-what color and patternwise was a real effective system, wasn't it???

Scratching head in Santa Rosa,