So, yesterday I had the bright idea of making a New York Beauty out of those colors...tried my hand at Karen Stone's NYB book that I have with the patterns and templates...DISASTER...TOTALLY DISASTER! I loved the color combinations that I had chosen but the workmanship was probably the WORST I had ever done...YES...the WORST!!! So, that blew my quilting time yesterday!
Today I had planned on quilting all day because I wasn't going to have a car. My son had work, physical therapy, and a dentist appt. BUT he came back from work at 10am and said he didn't work until 5pm!!!!!!!!!! LOL...so he went back to bed and I decided to run some errands. I tried on some aerobic shoes and then went to Talbot's where I dropped almost $400 on clothes on CLEARANCE!!! The only problem, dh needs to take me out to fancy places...so we'll see what I do. (the fun part of that shopping spree was when the gal said there's pants to this ensemble...did you see them? I said no, but if you have a size 12 I'll take them. I did and tried them on at home and they fit like a glove!!! WOOHOO!!!)
When I got home I decided that I just HAD to make a block out of the H&I fabrics. What to do??? I grabbed my book by Judy Hopkins, "Around the Block Again" and picked a 12" block. Here is the result of that block. What I'm thinking is to do a variet of 12" blocks and just make it a sampler! But who knows...that could change! LOL
This didn't photograph very well. The green is a very bright lime green and the dark purple is a purple that leans towards being a black-purple)
I hope everyone had a great day!!!
Hugs
Laurie
5 comments:
Laurie; The block looks great. A sampler is a great idea.
Judy L.
I like to make single blocks too - just to try them out. I see a sampler in your future.
Cheers!
Evelyn
Hey Laurie, congratulations on the size 12 pants!!!!! That is sooooo awesome..*VBS* You go girl!! And I love the block you chose to try with thos colors. It really does make an impact!!
Nice block - I love Talbots. (Might wear my Talbots out fit tomorrow - it's warm enough.....)
I really like NYB too, but I know better than to try it.... I don't even begin to try to be careful enough with my piecing....
Now I get to go look up New York Beauties. Every day there's something new to see.
The block is so pretty.
Hugs.
Darilyn
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