January Update

The EPP project is moving right along. I have finished 1/2 the blocks. When they are done I will add a 3 or 4 inch border. I've never done that with this method. Seems like that part might be a little boring, but we will see. I'm already getting anxious to start the next project. That is our dog Brandy admiring the quilt.

I will be starting on assembling the blocks to the QOV quilt tomorrow, and will post more pictures of that process soon.

QOV Quilt

Here is a picture of 2 blocks. One showing the front of the quilt which will be all red/tan/blue and the back which will have red/tan/blue for the 1/2 squares but will be totally scrappy on the strips. This is a easy way to make a quilt that is quilted as you sew. Each block is sew and flip and then repeat for each color.

EQ Pattern

Here is another pattern. I saw a pattern I liked in a magazine and drew it up in EQ. This is one of the 4 variations I made from the original pattern. I'm calling this one Diamond Surround.

EPP Update

I have 1/4 of the blocks done. Amazing how fast it goes when your pieces are bigger. Scared myself adding the 4th row. Had the original section turned around and the pieces on the last row weren't matching. Thought I'd put them together in the wrong row. Imagine how happy I was that all I had to do was turn the joined section around found that everything matched perfectly. This is smallest project I have worked on with EPP. I'm using the same lt tan and dk blue throughout, with the pinwheels scrappy and randomly done.

A New Year has begun

A friend had drawn up a block in EQ and designed a quilt based on a picture of tiles in the Sistine Chapel. I liked the quilt she designed and got her permission to play with the block she drew up. This is the layout I came up with that I liked and may do for a Quilt of Valor. Time will tell. I have so many designs on my computer I will never do them all. With this one I like the way each border around the central block is a different size. It is a very simple design, just using 2 different blocks.