Summercrafter

And the winner of the charm pack is.... legato1958, Congratulations!  Please email me so I can get your information. As promised, this week's block is the first block in the Farmer's Wife Quilt Sampler.  I used scraps and charms that I had lying around and I was not disappointed. As I looked for the block name called Attic Windows.  I found many blocks with the same design and the same name but they did not look in any way like the one in the Farmer's Wife Quilt Sampler. The above pattern is what I found in countless places and when these blocks are arranged in a quilt, well, they have that three dimensional look like you are looking out a window. Some of those examples are here . This is the one from the book.  When I searched Attic Windows Farmer's Wife Quilt Sampler, then I got the samples below. Well, it's definitely a prettier window, I think.   © 2013 by  Heike Scharmann I really like this one by A...

Welcome to another Block Party. Thanks for coming back every week that's so nice of you!! I almost forgot about the party this week because I was working on a Fall Blog Hop that started yesterday over at Sunshine in the Attic. This week's block is familiar. I had started this quilt way back but I am so happy to finally have all the blocks done!   I thought this was a nice "manly" block to make for our Pastor but it turns out it's called a "Granny Square." (But we won't tell him that!) This is very popular in the "crochet" and "knitting" world look here for a little history   here are some samples  http://accordingtomatt.blogspot.com/2012/05/granny-square-button-cushion.html www.purlbee.com/granny-square-project I don't see the resemblance.  And look what Sayraphim Lothiam says   " a reproduction of a number of crochet newsletters stuffed full of patterns from a company...

Is it Friday yet? Felt like it on Tuesday!!  Here we are for another Block Party and this week's block was easy to choose, I cheated!     Well, not really but I am double dipping. I mean "too much of a good thing is wonderful!" or so Mae West used to say.  If you'll recall from last week. I was totally smitten with this whole notion of reading (I am a librarian by profession) and quilting combined. Read more about this club here or at   Starwoodquilter . Well, I bought my books for the rest of the year and am really enjoying this quilting novel called  The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs.  (Quilting novels, who knew?)       In this club, she selects books that go with the novel, see options here .  So from those I chose the one I wanted to do and that's how I came up with the block for this week's party.  The names and how they correclate with the story is amazing. Since blocks have so m...

Well, hello there! So glad you could make it to another Block Party, I hope you had a great Labor Day and were able to relax and enjoy some time relaxing instead of laboring, unless it was fun work like crafting or quilting or maybe painting! First, I want to announce the winner of the last Giveaway which was the Insul-Bright Insulated Lining. I used this classroom tool to select the winner by adding all the names of the linkies and comment participants to generate the winner because you are more than a number! For each contest,  I just select "change names" and add the names from all the posts included for that particular giveaway. Pretty cool huh? And the winner of the Insul Bright  is.... (Apple Blossom from Scraps of Life.) Please send me an email so you can give me your information! Congratulations!!  I hate picking just one winner. But we'll be having more giveaways every month. This week's featured block is a v...