Blockheads 3 - Block #9

by Vanessa Goertzen

of Lella Boutique

You can go to her blog 

to download the pattern

by clicking here.

 I just love this block - it almost makes

me wish I did lots of piecing.

This is my mother's Singer sewing 

machine sitting in our barn

waiting for our granddaughter Zoie.

My sister, Nancy is moving to assisted

living and she told Zoie to come and see

if she wanted any of her furniture.

This sat in our living room in Kansas City (Mo)

for years.  In fact I was sewing on it when

Pep proposed to me.  Lots of good memories

to pass on.  My mom didn't quilt but she was an

excellent seamstress.  I particularly remember an

outfit she made one year.  It was a purple sheath dress

with a purple tweed full length coat to go with it.

Maybe she passed the purple gene on to me.  :)

Lets go see what the other

ladies have done with Vanessa's block.

Corey Yoder - https://corianderquilts.com/
Sherri McConnell - https://www.aquiltinglife.com/
 Betsy Chutchian - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/
 Jan Patek - http://janpatek.blogspot.com/
 Brigitte Heitland - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/blog

 Lisa Bongean - https://lisabongean.com/
 Lissa Alexander - http://modalissa.com/
Laurie Simpson - http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com/
 Vanessa Goertzen - https://lellaboutique.blogspot.com/
 Stacy Iest Hsu - https://www.stacyiesthsu.com/blog/
 Robin Pickens - https://www.robinpickens.com/
Janet Clare - http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/
 Jen Kingwell - www.jenkingwelldesigns.com/blog
Joanna Figueroa - https://blog.figtreeandcompany.com/

See you next week. 

Blockheads 3 - Block #8

First. I'm not at all sure why I did this.   

I scheduled this for March 11th at 12 AM/.

SORRY LAURIE/

9-Patch

by Laurie Simpson.

To download the pattern

go to her blog by clicking here.

It has been a hard two weeks.
Week before last pep's brother died.
His name was Keith Byron Patek
and he was 4 years younger than Pep.
Keiths son, Jewell lives near Jeff City
but still took care of everything.
Keith was buried in Chillicothe with
his parents Byron and Eunice.

And my sister, Nancy has the beginnings
of dementia.  Her daughter-in-law and granddaughter
live 4 hours away and her sons are dead so she
 and is moving into assisted living
in Cameron tomorrow.  Her dog, Molly, can't
go with her so she's joining us.  Nancy will come
and get her every day but she will spend
nights with us.

And to make life more interesting I
finally found time to go to the
doctor yesterday for the pain in my left
foot.  It seems that I have severe arthritis.
Even with new shoes with supports I can
only walk on pavement - a thing that is in short
supply in the country.
So I'm getting a new toy to take me to the barn.  :)

Jeff will be feeding the wild birds and

the chickens for me but this way I can

still get to the barn to feed Muffin Kitty 

and to the loft to pick out fabrics and sew.

Speaking of work our Vintage books
this month are a "2fer".
Two books for the price of one.
I'm sure I'm pushing things a little
but I am really OVER snow and winter.
So..........................
this month you can get both
Patchwork Garden
&
Sunshine on My Shoulder
for one low price by clicking here.

Things are moving right along with this year's 

Mystery Quilt - Suzanne's Snowmen.

For more information or to join email

Tammie at janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com

Lets go see what the other

ladies have done with Laurie's block.

Corey Yoder - https://corianderquilts.com/
Sherri McConnell - https://www.aquiltinglife.com/
 Betsy Chutchian - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/
 Jan Patek - http://janpatek.blogspot.com/
 Brigitte Heitland - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/blog

 Lisa Bongean - https://lisabongean.com/
 Lissa Alexander - http://modalissa.com/
Laurie Simpson - http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com/
 Vanessa Goertzen - https://lellaboutique.blogspot.com/
 Stacy Iest Hsu - https://www.stacyiesthsu.com/blog/
 Robin Pickens - https://www.robinpickens.com/
Janet Clare - http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/
 Jen Kingwell - www.jenkingwelldesigns.com/blog
Joanna Figueroa - https://blog.figtreeandcompany.com/

See you next week. 

Blockheads 3, Block #7

ZEST

by Lissa Alexander

You can go to her blog

to download the pattern

by clicking here.

I got last year's Mystery Quilt

back from Lori yesterday and

am sewing down the binding.

I also noticed that when I 

assembled the blocks I

sewed the 5 pointed star in 

upside down.  

Aaargh!

Maybe I'm reverting to my Mennonite

roots and made a simple mistake 

because only God is perfect.  

Well, I certainly am not.  Usually however,

my mistakes are piecing mistakes, not

applique.  

This is Muffin Kitty.  He's our new

Barn cat and is a great mouser.

He just showed up in the barn one day

and made himself at home.

Our vet always chuckles when I say

"barn cat".  He has his own room in the

barn with a heated bed and water bowl, has

dry food on demand and wet food twice a

day.  Not exactly your normal outside cat!!!

And believe me he loves being inside the

barn and getting scritched.  It's turned pretty

cold out there today.

Well, that's enough chit chat for now.

Lets go see what the other

ladies have done with Lissa's block.

Corey Yoder - https://corianderquilts.com/
Sherri McConnell - https://www.aquiltinglife.com/
 Betsy Chutchian - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/
 Jan Patek - http://janpatek.blogspot.com/
 Brigitte Heitland - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/blog

 Lisa Bongean - https://lisabongean.com/
 Lissa Alexander - http://modalissa.com/
Laurie Simpson - http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com/
 Vanessa Goertzen - https://lellaboutique.blogspot.com/
 Stacy Iest Hsu - https://www.stacyiesthsu.com/blog/
 Robin Pickens - https://www.robinpickens.com/
Janet Clare - http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/
 Jen Kingwell - www.jenkingwelldesigns.com/blog
Joanna Figueroa - https://blog.figtreeandcompany.com/

See you next week. 

Blockheads 3, Block 6

Magic 

by Lisa Bongean

As if you couldn't tell 

who designed it by 

looking at all of the 

small triangle squares.

They're one of Lisa's trademarks.
You can go to her blog to
download the pattern by clicking here.

This is the 1st block in the 2020
Mystery Quilt "Suzanne's Snowmen".
To join the fun,  email Tammy at
janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com.
 tell her you want in and she'll
give you all the details.

And these guys are my Lavender Orpington

chickens.  First lavender fabric, then 

lavender chickens....What's next?

They really are beautiful.  Big Daddy, my head 

rooster is in the lead with his 2 hens behind and

then the 2nd rooster.

My only disappointment is that they lay

brown eggs like my Buff Orpingtons.

My Aracaunas lay blue eggs I would

have loved to have some lavender eggs too.

But life goes on - even without lavender eggs.

Meanwhile 

lets go see what the other

ladies have done with Lisa's block.

Corey Yoder - https://corianderquilts.com/
Sherri McConnell - https://www.aquiltinglife.com/
 Betsy Chutchian - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/
 Jan Patek - http://janpatek.blogspot.com/
 Brigitte Heitland - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/blog

 Lisa Bongean - https://lisabongean.com/
 Lissa Alexander - http://modalissa.com/
Laurie Simpson - http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com/
 Vanessa Goertzen - https://lellaboutique.blogspot.com/
 Stacy Iest Hsu - https://www.stacyiesthsu.com/blog/
 Robin Pickens - https://www.robinpickens.com/
Janet Clare - http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/
 Jen Kingwell - www.jenkingwelldesigns.com/blog
Joanna Figueroa - https://blog.figtreeandcompany.com/

See you next week. 

Blockheads 3, Block 5

by Brigitte Heitland

to download the pattern for 

this very neat block go

to her blog by clicking here

AND THE

 2020 Mystery Quilt

Susanne's Snowmen

66" x 70"

                                                     

Mystery Quilt Club

There's always a new Mystery lurking and you're sure to want to be in on the fun!

Throughout the year, our club members receive, sight unseen, a monthly quilt block. At the end of the year you have a great quilt. The full Mystery is yet to be revealed but with one block you just know the rest will create a wonderful quilt. To make sure that you never miss out on the fun, we send you blocks each year unless you ask us to stop.

The charge for each block is 30.50,which includes the pattern, fabric and shipping and handling. The only time that changes will be when we send the borders and sashing. That is the final block and it will be slightly more than the regular blocks. The 1st block goes out in February, so give us a call at 816-632-7632 and join the Mystery Quilt club (I'll show you a color picture of the 1st block next Blockheads Wednesday so be sure to come back then).

                                         Meanwhile lets go see what the other

ladies have done with Brigette's block.

Corey Yoder - https://corianderquilts.com/
Sherri McConnell - https://www.aquiltinglife.com/
 Betsy Chutchian - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/
 Jan Patek - http://janpatek.blogspot.com/
 Brigitte Heitland - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/blog

 Lisa Bongean - https://lisabongean.com/
 Lissa Alexander - http://modalissa.com/
Laurie Simpson - http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com/
 Vanessa Goertzen - https://lellaboutique.blogspot.com/
 Stacy Iest Hsu - https://www.stacyiesthsu.com/blog/
 Robin Pickens - https://www.robinpickens.com/
Janet Clare - http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/
 Jen Kingwell - www.jenkingwelldesigns.com/blog
Joanna Figueroa - https://blog.figtreeandcompany.com/

See you next week. 

Blockheads 3 - Block #4

My Purple Birdhouse

To download the pattern

click here.

I think the instructions on the pattern
are pretty good but for those of you
who haven't done a lot of appliqué
I'll give you links to a few
of my YouTube tutorials.

For the basics of Freezer Paper Applique
-Jan Patek style- click here.
For points on sewing houses together (large ones as
well as birdhouses) click here.
If you want help with circles like the birdhouse hole which
can be really hard, click here.
Points can be tricky - stars, birds beaks and leaf points.
If you want a little help with points click here.

All of those should get you off to a good start
and feel free to use all of them whenever you need to.

I've always liked purple but
lately I've come to love it.

I used it extensively in my
 50th Anniversary Quilt (93" x 99")
that Tammy Vanderschmidt of Moda
turned into this awesome kit.
You can buy it by clicking here
or put it in layaway
by emailing our Tammie at
janpatekquiltsinc@gmail.com

Our latest Tablestand Quilt 

is Cozy Cabin

(You can get the kit or the

pattern by clicking here)

It doesn't have much purple 

but purple snow seemed to

be stretching my love of purple

a bit far, even for me.

And my little snow guy seems

to be content with green trees so

I let him keep them.

Speaking of Anniversary quilts 

this is the quilt I made for our 25th 

anniversary.  It was published in a book 

called Together Again by Linda 

Brannock and I which is now out

of print.  Apparently there are a few

copies for sale on Ebay for around $900.

Since Humble Quilts is doing a QAL

with the quilt, I've turned it

into a pattern.  It's a huge pattern and quite

a few of the border figures are large

enough that I had to have them specially

copied and printed.  We've started the process 

and you can buy one now by clicking here. 

They probably will ship at the end of the week. 

 Meanwhile lets go see what the other

ladies have done with my block.

Corey Yoder - https://corianderquilts.com/
Sherri McConnell - https://www.aquiltinglife.com/
 Betsy Chutchian - http://betsysbestquiltsandmore.blogspot.com/
 Jan Patek - http://janpatek.blogspot.com/
 Brigitte Heitland - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/blog

 Lisa Bongean - https://lisabongean.com/
 Lissa Alexander - http://modalissa.com/
Laurie Simpson - http://minickandsimpson.blogspot.com/
 Vanessa Goertzen - https://lellaboutique.blogspot.com/
 Stacy Iest Hsu - https://www.stacyiesthsu.com/blog/
 Robin Pickens - https://www.robinpickens.com/
Janet Clare - http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/
 Jen Kingwell - www.jenkingwelldesigns.com/blog
Joanna Figueroa - https://blog.figtreeandcompany.com/

See you next week and lets hope for some warmer days.

And lets keep the snow away for the parade 

tomorrow for our Super Bowl Kansas City Chiefs 

Go Chiefs!!