6.17.12

This was the last block we did. I think it was called the Amish block. I had a "do over" with my pieces on either side of the candy cane because they did not reveal the stripe the way I wanted them to. I ripped it out and cut them bigger so they were better balanced.

6.16.12

This one is called chevron but most of us in the Foldy Stuff class called it tuxedo. It is supposed to have a series of three buttons right where the red and white pin striping is. This was one of my favorites. A lot of us imagined bride and groom blocks and how we could place them meaningfully in a quilt. I spent the drive home trying to figure out a bride block to go side by side. They would make a good wedding quilt.

6.15.12

The second Foldy Stuff block was a courthouse steps. You can see the center block is larger than some might be. It was only slightly more difficult than the log cabin block because I wanted the candy canes to feature. Try to ignore the loose threads!

6.14.12

 Wow, I got behind in posting. The problem is that I was cleaning up the studio and got distracted and started six new quilts. Granted, four are only going to finish at just larger than a standard piece of paper but in the middle of all THAT I took a class and also spent an additional five hours planning ANOTHER one!

Here is the first block we made from the FOLDY STUFF class that I took with Diana McLauglin from the Misty Mountain Quilters Guild. It sure was fun and I think I would try this method again. This is log cabin variation. If you know log cabin at all, you can see how easy it would be to do the traditional sunshine and shadow effect. Diana also said we could start with  a much larger center block and fussy cut a feature fabric.