On this day

I thank you for your friendship.

 Happy Thanksgiving

Here's the Start of

my next baby quilt top using those leader and enders I told you about in my last post.  It's on my design wall now.  As you can see it will be a simple medallion. I wanted a larger print for the center, but couldn't find it!  This Mother Goose one will do.  I'll probably move some of the units here and there.  It's great how the camera can spot things the eye doesn't register - like those two yellows on the right side.  I'll have to rotate one of them or just put it in another side. I'll see.

Found another darling linky party.  This one over in Kiwi Land. It's called sew, stitch, snap, Share.
Go check it out.  I'm also linking to Design Wall Monday, BOMs Away,  Moving it Forward, and Monday Making.

I hope you got to quilt today.  My DD and I are off to the local quilt guild meeting in a bit.

Blessings,

Some of This; Some of That

First the Stash Report:  I made 2 six inch blocks and 1 ten inch block, plus donated a 1/4 yard for 1.03 yards destashed.  New YTD total is 67.13 yds destashed.  Here's the 10" block.  It goes with my eagle quilt.

I thought it would be the hardest to make (well, I did in 2010 when I started this quilt top), but it's been the easiest so far.  One can learn a lot from posts on the Net over time.  The other two are leader and enders for a scrap quilt. As it will be a while before this one is done, you can see it at Sew Very Easy on You-tube. In cutting and making these simple blocks I found a way to be more accurate.

I've randomly selected two of the rectangles

Upon putting right sides together see that one is smaller than the other which is the correct size.  I could throw the one on top away or adjust for it. This can happen when one is cutting scraps piled up for faster cutting.

 So I line up the the smaller square on the side that will not be sewn as below.

 Then I sew a scant 1/4" seam based on the yellow square (which is the right size).

 I press open the seam and measure.  It is exactly the right size.

Lastly, I'm linking to Oh, Scrap, Kathy's Slow Sunday stitching, and Sunday Stash.  We've had company for the last four days.  You know how hectic that can be. So I'm going to sit down in my comfy chair, watch Wallender, and sew some hexies.  I've added a few to this donut.  Five more to go and then I can stitch it to the center.

I hope you get to quilt today.  Have a restful day.  Blessings.