Christmas Party

Tonight is our Christmas Party at the Water's Edge at 5:30 with meal starting at 6:30.  Remember to bring your stocking too.
The Block of the Month for December will be Checkerboard. No half square triangles on this one!  The second block will be Four Corners. These are from Quilter's Cache.  Then we just have January left to do and then figure out a setting.  I'm not sure if I will have all of them printed for the party tonight as I am running out of ink in my printer and I might have to bring some to the January meeting.  At least with the above links, you can start sewing if you wish.
As for looking at some pretty things, how about Anna Marie Horner.  I love her fabric and found this cute pin cushion of her's. You will also want to visit this page of her's. I'm really liking this Love Emblem quilt and pillows just for a starter. So check out all of her projects.  See everyone tonight.  Diana

Hexagons and How Many Can You Make?

Hexagons are a fascinating shape and as quilters, we are compelled to work with them.  I found a link to a hexagon calculator just in case you must know how many hexagons you need to make that California King size quilt! CD Designs provides this calculator but they also have PDFs for many projects made from shapes that can be paper pieced.  These are smaller projects too so you don't have to get burned out on making them.  There are patterns for diamonds, squares, hexagons, etc., I really like that fish, which would make a super cute "softie" for a baby.  I think you will have fun with this site.

Here is a link to another beautiful "shapes" quilt by Anna Marie Horner. Very distinctive colors and fabrics would make this so much fun and it is machine pieced.  Also, that dress for little girls on the same page is really cute.

Just got the Connecting Threads catalog yesterday, maybe some of those new fabrics would be great with any of these patterns.  Diana