July was a good month
I’m going to sew my block-a-days for July in a calendar format like this:
I think I’ll use muslin for sashing. It might be fun to make a large picture (quilt) to go above all the 4-inch blocks. That would be calendar art. I’m pondering various scenes such as Mt. Diablo, or a garden with tomatoes. It might make a fun wall quilt.
August has already gone too far for me to start a new block-a-day program. Maybe I’ll do it again in September.
I added one new block to substitute for my “down the river road” block for the 28th. The new block is a sport shoe to pat myself on the back for keeping going on my walking program this year.
You can make a 4-inch shoe block (or a pair of them) by clicking on the small graphic below. You will find foundations to print out for your own personal use.
I think I’ll use muslin for sashing. It might be fun to make a large picture (quilt) to go above all the 4-inch blocks. That would be calendar art. I’m pondering various scenes such as Mt. Diablo, or a garden with tomatoes. It might make a fun wall quilt.August has already gone too far for me to start a new block-a-day program. Maybe I’ll do it again in September.
I added one new block to substitute for my “down the river road” block for the 28th. The new block is a sport shoe to pat myself on the back for keeping going on my walking program this year.
You can make a 4-inch shoe block (or a pair of them) by clicking on the small graphic below. You will find foundations to print out for your own personal use.
I made the July 1 block quite a while ago. It is called "Economy block." the foundation for this block is here.
Labels: block-a-day, history, island life, paper piecing, quilting, walking
posted by Christine Thresh at 5:13 PM
8 Comments:
What a great month!!!
Clever. This really works.
You are so inventive - what a great calendar quilt this will be.
The sports shoe is one of my favorites - of course, it is RED.
How cool! I love how your blocks look all together . . . and I can imagine a giant-sized quilt with a year's worth of blocks representing a year–think of of those tea towel calendars made large and turned into a block-a-day quilt and you can see where my imagination has taken your cool blocks ;-)
The red walking shoe is absolutely fabulous and so very YOU ;-)
Your July quilt will be wonderful! What a fun quilt with lots of memories that is! How on earth do you design foundation blocks and get them into a printout form like that everyday?
Great idea! Loved your Block-a-day patterns,especially the red shoe.
I agree with the crowd here, love the format....and now that you have decided to put it this way, I think the river road would fit in perfectly! I also think adding a pair of shoes to each month would be cool, because it's something you do all the time. Besides...it's a fun block!!!!!
I love this idea, & your blocks are all so clever. The sports shoe is brilliant.
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