Saturday, August 08, 2009

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 made the July 1 block quite a while ago. It is called "Economy block." the foundation for this block is here.

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8 comments:

  1. JoAnn ( Scene Through My Eyes)9:38 PM

    What a great month!!!

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  2. Warty Mammal9:44 PM

    Clever. This really works.

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  3. Del12:01 AM

    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.

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  4. sophie2:58 PM

    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 ;-)

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  5. Tanya1:24 AM

    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?

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  6. Jeanne Turner McBrayer7:32 AM

    Great idea! Loved your Block-a-day patterns,especially the red shoe.

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  7. Vicky aka Stichr12:40 PM

    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!!!!!

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  8. Meggie12:52 AM

    I love this idea, & your blocks are all so clever. The sports shoe is brilliant.

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