April 7, 2023

I’ve been wanting to use this block pattern for awhile now. Although Emma’s birthday falls a month before May, I liked the pattern so went ahead and made it.

I haven’t done much appliqué of late but my piecing machine has a clear foot that makes staying at the edge of the fabric quite easy.

I think it looks very Spring-like.

April 4, 2023

I spent some time going through the remaining bonus blocks from my two Splendid Sampler series. This one appealed to me because it looked fairly simple and would be quick to put together.

I had lots of time before this had to be mailed off to Gavin so I started the card from scratch. I’m please with how it turned out and I like the colours. I even put in a few snowflakes just in case Calgary isn’t done with winter yet.

March 27, 2023

We have two Dylan’s in our family. Some refer to them as Big Dylan and Little Dylan but Little Dylan isn’t very little any more. I have always referred to them as Dylan B(urton) and Dylan A(tkinson).

This year’s card for Dylan is called Iowa from the Splendid Sampler series.

January 18, 2023

When I was cleaning up the Block-a-Day calendar blocks that I made during the Covid pandemic I set the big ones aside for quilt tops but many of them were the perfect size for cards.

I’d like to say I did some exquisite quilting on the card but you wouldn’t believe me. In fact the quilting was very simple but I totally forgot to take a photo before I wrapped it up and send it off.