Quilting

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It's become a tradition for me to share my top five blog posts of the year. This year the trend is all about community: monthly linkups I've hosted, a challenge I participated in, and a blog hop about holiday traditions. Seems fitting that 2020 would be focused on connecting with others. Incidentally, if you haven't already linked up a project to this month's Show Me Something... hop on over and Show Me Something That's a Gift! (You've probably delivered those gifts by now, right?)

 

 

Top Five 2020 Posts

  1. Show Me Something Kickoff and Show Me Something Purple Linkup - 2123 pageviews
  2. Project QUILTING 11.2: Team Colors - 1208 pageviews
  3. Show Me Something with Triangles Linkup - 1186 pageviews
  4. Hanukkah Traditions - 897 pageviews
  5. Show Me Something Rainbow - 774 pageviews

Visit my Best of 2015, Best of 2016, Best of 2017, Best of 2018, and Best of 2019.

I'm linking up to Cheryl's Best of 2020 Linky Party.

I'm participating in Cheryl's 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge.

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Merry Christmas to Ellyn!

Her prompt for the bee this month was to use this bright, happy palette to make three improv, pieced blocks approximately 12 1/2" x 12 1/2". She also requested we include a triangle(s) in each block. These Kona colors are Bright Pink, Orange, Duckling, Chartreuse and Jade Green.

I immediately decided that I would do some improv curves. Here's what I came up with.

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We are six weeks into the Quilting the Countdown 100 day project. There are 57 days left until QuiltCon. I'm spending at least 15 minutes a day working on my Patchwork City blocks (a project I started in 2015!)

I finished three blocks this week. This brought me to 50 out of 75 blocks complete. Two-thirds done with blocks! The finished blocks shown feature Kona Charcoal.

The start of the week was cutting out all my pieces (and using my filing system of keeping them in the book).

Then I started sewing them together, working on all three blocks at once.

And the three blocks, start to finish in a week:

On to the next color! (And cause someone asked, this is the only set of blocks that features a neutral solid. The whole quilt includes a rainbow of color.)

I'm participating in Cheryl's 31-Day Blog Writing Challenge.

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