Blockless - Building Blocks Tuesday

Ok, I admit it.  I am a no good at blogging these days.  Heck, when my kids are out of school, I am lucky if I know what day it is at all.

Here it is Tuesday evening, and I'm just getting around to posting.  And worse, I have no blocks to share.  I can report, that the quilting on this one is DONE.



I just need to add the binding and it will be well-done.



I will be working on several things starting next week when the kids go back to school.  I need to start making more of these Sawtooth Stars for a commission quilt I am doing.

And, I have several more improv wreath blocks to finish up for a quilt that I am in the middle of making.

Have any of you given any thought to your New Year's resolutions?


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 on 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,

Jennie





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Collection of bunting blocks - Building Blocks Tuesday

November was my month to collect blocks in the We Bee Canadian bee.  My bunting blocks have been trickling in.



I think I am waiting on a handful more and then will see how many blocks I will need to make myself.

I'm afraid the blocks I made last week were the only blocks I've worked on in weeks.  The holidays are a hard time for me to get anything in my sewing room done.  Any spare minutes I do have, I've been working on my Lucky Star quilting.  Here are some of the final blocks.



And please pretend you can't see the pile of unburied threads in this next one.  I broke all of my self-threading needles when I started this quilt, and my new batch hasn't arrived in the mail yet.



I only have one more block to finish, and a bit more on the outer borders.  Then I will be able to call this one DONE!  It feels pretty good and I can't wait.

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 on 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,

Jennie





***This post may contain affiliate links.  If you purchase something after clicking on one of my links, I may be compensated, but at no additional cost to you!

After a brief hiatus - Building Blocks Tuesday

Welcome back to Building Blocks Tuesday!

I apologize for being missing in action the last few weeks.  Mary, at Quilting is in My Blood, was nice enough to check up on me.  All is well, things have just been a little chaotic around here lately.

Mary also pointed out that the link up for November wasn't working properly.  It appears that I copied the link incorrectly, so it didn't work properly.  Hopefully, this month's link up will work as usual.



I had a bit of time yesterday to whip up these Rose Cottage blocks for Nita in the We Bee Canadian bee.  You can find the pattern here.  It should be a lovely quilt when done.  I had a bit of trouble finding rose fabrics for Nita's request, I only had one in my stash and it was very plain.

It felt good to sit down at my machine and piece a bit.  Any sewing time I've had the last few weeks has gone into quilting my Lucky Star quilt.  It is still in process, but I am making progress.  I've got 9 of the 12 blocks complete, although I need to re-quilt at least one of the first blocks I finished.  As I've gone down the quilt, the later blocks have a lot more dense quilting on them than the first couple, and I fear they will look out of place now.  Here is one of the blocks I just finished up.



I feel like I have gotten the hang of using the ruler for the straight lines, but anything involving circles or loops is still challenging.  I can't seem to find the right speed.  Too slow and my movements are too jerky; too fast and they are wildly out of control.  It may take a whole quilt of pebbles to find the right pace......next project?

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 on 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,

Jennie





***This post may contain affiliate links.  If you purchase something after clicking on one of my links, I may be compensated, but at no additional cost to you!