Julia Sidebottom wrote in a message to Pat Knox:
> I paper pieced a geometric block for her. It looks like a log cabin,
> but
> with arrows in two of the corners. The arrows were done in black
> (leftovers
> from the ESAP quilts) and the rest of the logs were done in hand-dyed
> fabrics
> in graduating colors. The block has no name, but I called it "Life,
> Which
> Way is UP?"!
JS> Well here it is the 15th of the month and I am just now getting the
JS> energy to get started on my block obligations for here. Hard for
JS> me to believe I am soooo slow... I think though that I got inspired
JS> to get going because of the Clewsew Mystery Quilt that I am working
JS> on.
JS> I knew that part #9 was coming out and I had not completed part
JS> #8... so I "forced" myself to do part #8, grabbed part #9 and did
JS> both of them yesterday... Part #9 was a "nightmare" for me... and I
JS> finally settled on an arrangement that I could live with ...
JS> and who knows if it is what the author had in mind...
A lot of people are not happy with the way that mystery turned out. One
lady I know of has already put her borders on and is calling it an unsolved
mystery because she doesn't intend to finish it! I kinda like mine though.
JS> So now it is going on 9:00am here and I am up to get my block
JS> obligations done here for Fido... but first I had to be sure what
JS> was chosen by our winners... ...
Hehe! Sounds like me!
JS> And because I am here to look at the block suggestions... I am
JS> also going to be sure to put this burst of energy to work and do a
JS> bit of posting at the same time... ..
JS> Your block for Doris sounds beautiful! I wish I were so
JS> creative!!!!
Creative? Hmm, I just grabbed my Carol Doak book and did a block out of
there that caught my fancy. Knew Doris would like the hand-dyeds that I
have so I used a small piece of some of them in the block!
Later!,
Pat
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