Archive for September, 2007

Totally Random “What the…?!”

Published Date: September 26th, 2007
Category: Personal, Uncategorized

Okay, so I was wasting my precious time playing Free Cell, and this happened to me…again.

Notice that Queen of Clubs sitting there?  That was my 5 of Diamonds.  Somehow, it morphed.  I know it morphed, because the stack of Clubs is sitting there nicely finished, and I can’t clear out the Diamonds.  I also can’t [...]

Block of the Month: Cherry Blossom

Published Date: September 18th, 2007
Category: Blocks

Friends of ours recently adopted from China. When designing their baby quilt, I could not find anywhere a 5-petaled, pieced flower block, let alone a cherry blossom. I searched all over and just came up blank. (As I don’t do applique or paper-piecing those were not options).
So I designed my own. It’s a [...]

Argh and a Half.

Published Date: September 6th, 2007
Category: Personal, Sewing

A Half-Quarter-Square Triangle, that is.
I’m making a baby quilt for a friend. It’s based on the Windmill block, mainly because I like making Half-Square Triangles (HSTs), and Half-Quarter-Square Triangles (HQSTs) aren’t much harder.
Now, my instructions for making the HST patches involves taking two squares, sewing them on either side of the hypotenuse, and cutting [...]