Happy Blockheads 4 Wednesday-#6

Spinning into Spring

by Linzee McCray

 

Speaking of Spring, the farm is bursting with life.

The baby bok choy and lettuce on the deck

are coming along nicely.

                                            

And the tulips in the garden are showing off.

Out front two does come down

each morning to munch at the bird feeder.

                                        

                                                    The baby banty chickens have hatched

and gotten big enough to come 

outside with their parents

In the garden proper my fancy

Lillies are joining the iris.

                                                    

Grandson Cullen still has to 

wear his boot for this broken leg

most of the time but still was able to

help rake the garden paths - taking

off his awesome letter jacket, of course.

I've been working on some blocks

from this year's Mystery Quilt - Garden Party.

One of the blocks has a tree with blossoms

so I thought I'd do a little tutorial on sewing

rows of circles "or blossoms"

First cut the circles out of paper and iron 

them to the back of your fabric.

Then cut the fabric out around 1/4" to 3/8" 

all the way around the paper.

Now do a running stitch around the 

edge of the fabric and pull it tight.

Then dot the edges of the fabric with fabric glue.

Glue the blossoms to the background.

Start stitching at the bottom edge of the lower 

blossom in a row and stitch around one side, go under the

background to the next blossom and stitch up the side of 

that blossom.  When you get to the top blossom in that

row,  stitch around the blossom and go under the background 

to the next blossom down.  This way you can stitch the

entire row of blossoms without stopping and tying off.

It makes sewing berries or blossoms much easier.  

If you belong to the Wallhanging Club, your 

kit should be shipping this week.  

If you want to join this club (you get your

kits -4 a year for 15%off and before they go 

into the store) email Tammy at 

janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com for more information.

And in the spirit of Spring,  Jeff hung

"Birds & Bunnies Herbs and Honeys" 

on the wall in the foyer.

We put the BOM pattern on sale this

week for 20% off.

You can go to the store to get your copy

by clicking here

Now lets take a minute and go see what the

others are doing with Linzee's block

LYNNE HAGMEIER - http://kansastroublesquilters-lynne.blogspot.com                 
                
JENELLE KENT - https://www.piecestotreasure.com/blog                 
                
LAURIE SIMPSON - http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com                 
                
ANNE SUTTON- https://bunnyhillblog.com                 
                
BARBARA GROVES - MODA - https://my.modafabrics.com/tags/blockheads-4                 
                
LINZEE – https://linzeekullmccray.com/blog                 
                
LISA B - https://lisabongean.com                 
                
KATE SPAIN - https://kdspain.com/thedrawingboard                 
                
BRIGITTE HEITLAND - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/blog                 
                
CHELSI STRATTON - https://chelsistratton.wordpress.com                 
                
JACKIE MACDONALD - https://sweetfireroad.com/blog/                 
                
DEBBIE MADDY - https://www.debbiemaddy.com/blogs/musings-of-a-fiber-fanatic                 
                
YOU - http://janpatek.blogspot.com                 
                
CRYSTAL MANNING - https://crystalmanningart.com/blogs/blog                 
                
TAMMY V - MODA - https://my.modafabrics.com/tags/blockheads-4                 
                
CAMILLE ROSKELLEY - https://camilleroskelley.typepad.com                 
                
BETSY CHUTCHIAN - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com                 
                
ROBIN PICKENS - https://www.robinpickens.com                 
                
STACY IEST HSU - https://www.stacyiesthsu.com/blog/jann                 
                
JANET CLARE - http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/                 
                
SHERRI MCCONNELL - https://www.aquiltinglife.com                 
                
BRENDA RIDDLE - https://brendariddledesigns.com/blogs/newss                 
                
VANESSA CHRISTENSON - https://vanessachristenson.com/blog/                 
                
VANESSA GOERTZEN - https://blog.lellaboutique.com                 
                
COREY YODER - https://corianderquilts.com                 
                
MICHELLE WHITE - MODA - https://my.modafabrics.com/tags/blockheads-4                 
                
JOANNA FIGUEROA - https://blog.figtreeandcompany.com 

Have a good week ladies and Keep quilting.