Kansas Troubles

Block #5 of Civil War 150. I have never been to Kansas. Love the look of this block although putting it together can be a bit troublesome!

Midnight Stars Top is Finished

I spent several delightful hours yesterday and today putting together my Midnight Stars top. It all came together beautifully and I am pleased with the result. A couple tips: I squared up and trimmed the 5 1/2" pieced blocks before sewing them to the setting squares and triangles. I also pinned A LOT when assembling the blocks. I like Lori's idea of the hanging diamonds quilt design and will probably use it myself.

Basting My Quilt on a Snowy Day

I finally got around to basting my Rainbow Surprise quilt. I've decided to hand quilt it the old-fashioned way, with straight lines. No marking necessary and masking tape is my friend!

P.S. Happy Birthday, Rebecca!

Texas Tears

Block #4 of Civil War 150. I had forgotten how much I love making sampler quilts. Each block is a new challenge!

Midnight Stars, Corrected

Oops! Thank you so much to Lori, who very kindly corrected my arrangement of Midnight Stars. The cheddar squares go with the red triangles and vice versa. Fortunately, I had only sewn the inner star blocks which meant I only had to rip out one of those and replace cheddar with red. Whew! Of course, as Lori pointed out, I could have kept it the other way...but I think this way looks better, don't you?

Midnight Stars, In Progress

I worked on Lori's Midnight Stars over the weekend. It's coming together nicely, as you can see. I agree with Lori - snipped off points don't bother me too much!

Temperatures have been in the 20s here in the nation's capital. That's cold for us! I try to take a (short) walk outside every day but mostly I've been home sewing. My plan for today is to baste my Rainbow Surprise 4-block quilt (see post on January 1st) and get it ready for hand-quilting.

7 Sisters

Here is the third block in Barbara Brackman's Civil War 150 quilt. I machine-appliqued it. I thought about hand-appliqueing it, but not for very long.