Wednesday, March 5, 2014

More...

snow.

On Sunday and...



a bit more yesterday. However, it should be above freezing by Friday (3 C).


 I've done more work on BOMs. This one is from Quilt Doodle. See the button on the right hand frame. It's another big block. I now have no more useable blue background fabric with the moon and stars. I found a close match that is almost a solid. It does have a pattern but it's muted.
 
This is the March installment of Cathy's Carousel BOM. I played around with the settings. 

 I thought about changing the block but then...

I stuck with the plan - almost. The small squares were supposed to be two different colours set opposite each other. It would make sense if you made a whole quilt but this is only one block. However, as I set the blocks on the floor, I came to the decision that I will be changing the layout of the quilt a bit.

Some of you expressed a review of this book. It's a YA (young adult) book. Not very big - 83 pages. It takes place during the second World War and is about a little five year old boy who spends the summer with his Norwegian grandmother in rural Minnesota. His mom is working in Chicago while his dad is fighting overseas. I found it depressing but there is a lot of love between the grandmother and the boy. The quilt in the title is a large piece of cloth that is added to whenever a member of the community or one of their relatives dies. The women all get together and add to the quilt while telling stories of the one who has passed. I have read other Paulsen books and this one is supposedly based on his own background.


Once again, I am linking up with The Needle and Thread Network and also with What a Hoot!

11 comments:

  1. Nice Dolores! Your substitute fabrics works very well. I would not have known you really ran out. Looks like it was meant to be that way!

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  2. Your Quilt Doodle tree looks good. I like the snowy green fabric; it's perfect.

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  3. Lovely doodle!! Love that tree fabric!

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  4. I'm definitely crying 'uncle' over winter. SO done with the whole thing! Like your blocks - my favourite is the bottom layout.

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  5. Your tree is great , love the snowy tree . Your other block is very pretty too , you have been busy .

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  6. Ah, winter! But the tree looks fine and those blocks sure make interesting groupings!

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  7. So ready for the snow to be through! The tree block is very nice. I like all the variations on the other block. It will be interesting to see how you decide to arrange the star blocks.

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  8. Nice work on the blocks! Thanks for the lead on the book too. I'll be on the lookout for it the next time I'm at the library!

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  9. You have been keeping very busy! LOVE your work! Looks like you could use a holiday in warm sunshine! We met so many Canadians in California on our little get away! They were so grateful for the sun!

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  10. Hi!!!! I love your tree!!!! I am doing the Quilt Doodle BOM also!!!! I have not done my tree yet!!!! I am using fabrics I have on hand first!!!! The blocks seem larger than I was thinking they would be!!! So I may have to find similar fabrics too!!!! I follower over from What a Hoot!!! It is a lot of fun too!!!! I am enjoy meeting more fun bloggers!!!!!

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  11. Hey! I'm so sorry I haven't visited until today - funny that you reviewed a book set during WWII, as that's the era I'm submerged in right now for my thesis work. :) Love your colors in your carousel blocks, and that tree block is super inviting. The prints for that really sing out nicely.

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