Bunnies, Blocks and Snakes - Building Blocks Tuesday/Wednesday

A day late and a dollar short.

I barely had time for sewing much this Tuesday, but luckily these guild blocks were super easy and quick to whip up.



I was hoping to get a little more sewing done this morning before heading off to the DMV (oh joy), but I spent the morning putting together the guild newsletter.  It doesn't take too long, but obviously, if I am sitting at the computer, I'm not sitting at my sewing machine.

In other news, we have really had some interesting experiences around here the last couple of days.  If you remember, last summer we moved from the beach to the outskirts of the suburbs of Orange County.  It is more "country" here than the beach, as evidenced by this guy startling me as I was planting some raspberry bushes near the house.



He is just a gopher snake (I hope), but you better believe I let out a good screech when I saw him slither about a foot away from where I was kneeling.  He wasn't tiny either!  About 5 feet long and looking well fed in the middle.

And then this morning, Reagan was playing with this little guy.



This poor little guy was in complete shock.  He had an injured leg - not sure if the dog did that or if he found him that way.  The girls were delighted to hold him for a few minutes, and then we had a short talk about "nature's course".   I don't want to sound completely heartless, but a vet trip and adoption were out of the question.  I put him back outside where I know the bunnies have a den and he did crawl inside. I wish him the best of luck, until he starts eating my vegetables that is!

What blocks have you been working on this week?  I would love to see.  Link up your fabulous blocks.  You put a lot of hard work into them - show them off!  This free linky will stay open until the first Monday of next month, but I will repost it every Tuesday until a new month starts.

Rules:

1) Please link up only to the page in your blog showing your wonderful blocks, not just the blog homepage.  Flickr and Instagram pictures are also OK.
2) Make sure to put your blog name as the description so people know where they are going or the name of your block!
3) Please grab my button and post it in your blog post or sidebar.
4) Visit other linky participants!

Thanks for reading,

Jen

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Inspirational Sunday (7) - via 2016 QuiltConWest

Welcome back to Inspirational Sunday.

Today, I will be finishing up the Modern Traditionalism category by sharing some very interesting quilts.


First up, is the winner of the People's Choice award.  This quilt is called, "Mr. Swirl E. Bones" by Victoria Findlay Wolfe of New York, New York.  It is hand appliqued, machine quilted on a frame, machine embroidered, and uses improvisational piecing.  (Only four dots are appliqued, the rest is pieced.)





I love the quilting in this one.





Whew, all that fussy cutting is amazing too.

Next up, is "Thoroughly Modern Ginny" by Diana Vandeyar of Oakton, Virginia.  It is machine pieced and machine quilted without a frame.





I like how the background makes parts of the block disappear, almost like she was sticking diamonds on her design board and took a picture before they were all in place.

The next quilt is called "Bursting Blues" by AnnMarie Cowley of Hillsboro, Oregon.  It is machine pieced, machine appliqued, and machine quilted on a frame.




I really  liked the triple stitched quilting on this one.  I am trying to incorporate a bit more triple stitch into my own work, but I had not seen an entire quilt quilted this way.




The next quilt constantly had a crowd around it!  "Pine Burr Quilt" by Tara Faughnan of Oakland, California.  It is machine pieced and machine quilted without a frame.




Isn't it stunning!



I can only imagine how heavy this quilt is.


Next up, "Otaru Winter" by Cynthia Vogt of Kennewick, Washington.  It is machine pieced (paper piecing), machine appliqued, and machine quilted on a frame.




This quilt is a bunch of log cabins with metallic bars appliqued on top.




Finally, here is another log cabin quilt, "Whimsical Logs" by Letitia Chung of San Francisco, California.  It is machine pieced, machine quilted on a frame, and features hand Sashiko.



This quilt won 1st place in the Modern Traditionalism category.




I find it interesting that so many quilts in this category have modernized traditional blocks just by mixing up the color placement.


Which Modern Traditionalism quilt was your favorite?

Thanks for reading today,


Jen

More paper piecing - Building Blocks Tuesday

Oh dear, I nearly missed Tuesday.  How is it already Tuesday?




I only have one block to share this week.  This one is from the paper piecing class I taught on Saturday.  I thought I would change up the colors a bit, and I am a sucker for red, white and blue.

What blocks have you working on this week?  I would love to see.  Link up your fabulous blocks.  You put a lot of hard work into them - show them off!  This free linky will stay open until the first Monday of next month, but I will repost it every Tuesday until a new month starts.

Rules:

1) Please link up only to the page in your blog showing your wonderful blocks, not just the blog homepage.  Flickr and Instagram pictures are also OK.
2) Make sure to put your blog name as the description so people know where they are going or the name of your block!
3) Please grab my button and post it in your blog post or sidebar.
4) Visit other linky participants!

Thanks for reading,

Jen

An InLinkz Link-up