Vintage Block Along, Peony

This is a bright and bold red "peony" block.

I've always loved peonies, they have the most glorious scent.

I walked by endless bushes of them, 

in my Elementary school years.

My favorite color is the pale pink.

To take a photo of this block, I laid it on top of my grand daughter's block tub!

Thanks for following along, I should have an update on my new sewing room soon :)

Vintage Block Along, Leftover

This is my Leftovers block, and all the little squares you see really are little!

They're each l l/2" square, and are leftover from other blocks.

All the fabrics are from various lines of Lori Holt's creativity.

I love all the bright, happy colors!

Vintage Block Along, Crossroads

Crossroads block, I've made it a few times before :)

Lori had a tutorial for her Crossroads block quite a few years ago, and I made a Crossroads table rummer.

You can see it here.

All of the blocks (except for the background) are 2 1/2" square.

I don't always have time to sew, since I have to pack everything up all the time, since I don't have a sewing room at this moment.

Sometimes I'll just get out my cutting mat and rotary cutter and cut block and put them in a sandwich bag.

It works for me right now :)

Vintage Block Along, Wildflowers

I love this Vintage Block Along of Lori Holt's!
I have been living with our things in storage, and only kept a basket of Lori Holt fabric to work with, so I could continue making the blocks for this quilt.
This was a fun one to make.

I have two large shelves of Lori's fabric, can you tell I'm a fan?

This is block #28, 
I'm very anxious to see what the finished quilt looks like!

Stellar Stars

My friend Nedra invited me to join the Phoenix Modern Quilt Guild, which I did.

Each year, they have a quilt that they offer as a block of the month.

This year it's Stellar Stars by Purple Daisies Quilting.

Nedra and I usually get together once a month and work on our blocks together.

We invited Brenda to join us on our sew day, 

and we had such a fun time!

With Nedra's help, I was able to finish my block, Grandma's Glitter.

Nedra is a month ahead of me, and her block is totally paper pieced and much more complicated!

Nedra's block is called Astral Plane.

It's so much more fun quilting with friends :)

Cute & Simple Kids Library Bag

One of my grand daughters needed a piano bag,

and I was happy to make her one :)

Her favorite colors are teal and purple and pink.

I found this beautiful April Rosenthal fabric at one of my favorite quilt shops, Bolts & More in Gilbert, Arizona.

I found a great tutorial at Polkadot Chair.

I added a 2" boxed bottom though, to hold more books.

The inside of the bag is teal, and has 8 values.

Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, 

Choice and Accountability, Good Works, Integrity and Virtue.

Isabel wanted to model the bag, so here she is!

Vintage Block Along, Shade Tree

This is my Shade Tree block from Lori Holt's Vintage Block Along.

I had a lot of fun choosing the colors.

We could sure use some big, beautiful shade trees 

like this in Arizona!

You can see the tutorial on Lori's blog here.