these are blocks from a family swap - i have a difficult time with sampler quilts - they seem like a white hot mess and I never know what to do to calm them down... so i framed them in red and green and they are a bit better - but i think it is going to take some more thinking to get this quilt to look cohesive...
so i set that aside and started on another family type quilt...a few years back we all made 6 inch blocks for each other.. i have 112 black, white, red and green blocks to create something with...
this is about 1/3 of the blocks - can you see the one in the middle at the top? i think it was my brother jon who made that one - it is sewn and taped and stapled together...very funny...i am going to include it but it isn't the right size so i will have to get clever. i decided i wanted to include words as i have been seeing many blogs with this design and even a book out. so, who needs a book...well it was harder than i thought it would be...but about 3 letters in, it just came to me, how to do it...it was the first time in quite awhile that i had an honest to goodness learning moment - felt great! so i spelled out this...
and i do...it was the reason i choose these colors for the blocks...i had actually spelled out 'i love me some olives' but the first letters were a bit...um...well, bad
more soon...been sewing and crafting all week - feels fabulous
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