Monday, A Potpourri Of Things...

First, congratulations again to Debbi of DubiQuilts for submitting the winning name, "Kaleidoscope Stars" for my heretofore-unnamed Stack and Whack. Her prizes are pictured here, four fantastic fat quarters hand selected from Mrs. Goodneedle's personal stash, a clover marking pen and the "best in the world" dish sponge of all time! Hey, we can't be quilting ALL the time, right? They will be postmarked to Debbi in the morning. I will stop at the Post Office on my way to...

Block of the Month at my LQS!

Here are this past month's blocks:
I am working on both colorways; I hope to keep the traditional and give the lights and brights to my daughter. This block is called "Richmond Square", and I just love it. These blocks are constructed using Marti Michell's "Perfect Patchwork Templates". These are great, so helpful as a way to line up triangles for perfect points everytime... it's all in the double-blunt corners engineered for exact alignment, they really do work!

I have spent most of today in "scrap reduction" mode. I have turned stored boxes of:
Into piles of:

These strips were then, in turn, placed in bins for string piecing when I attend a quilt retreat weekend at the end of the month. I hope to piece at least one String-X quilt while I'm away. Thanks, Laurie Ann for the idea!

Can anyone out there tell me why I was ever keeping pieces this big?

Not anymore I'm not!

Life is Good... and thanks for playing!

And The Winner Is...

Kaleidoscope Stars!

Thanks, Debbi for submitting the winning name. Your prize will be on it's way to you as soon as you contact me. There were 48 votes cast overall with Debbi's suggested name receiving 11 votes, in second place with 9 votes was "Turn, Turn, Turn"; actually, that was my own suggestion so it's perfectly OK that I don't have to send a prize to myself!

Life is Good!