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Monday, April 23, 2012

Weekend Catch Up

My weekend was very busy, a friends' sweet 6 yr old daughters' birthday party; have you heard of Lalaloopsy??  They are dolls with button eyes, and they are born on a certain day and "cut from" a specific fabric such as a sailors uniform, an eskimo scarf or a clown costume. Cute idea - new to me.

On to the best part of my weekend - as promised I did complete a Retro Flower Block and without further adeiu:



                          
                             I am so happy with how it turned out! Now only 15 more to go!

I also worked on my challenge block for the April BOM with Craftsy:


I whipstitched all of those little hexies together for this design. I love it - you decide - it is all in the viewers interpretation - is it an asterisk, hexie style? Is it a snowflake? or a molecule? or a jax? or a star?  Now that the design is set,  I just have to permanently sew them down.

I will be linking to Manic Monday over at Jenna's SewHappyGeek. It looks like she has a new pattern -- check it out!  I will also be linking up with Lee over at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday, stop by and check out everything that is going on!
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13 comments:

  1. CityHouseStudioApril 23, 2012 at 7:55 AM

    Beautiful hexies! And retro flower, too!
    I think it's either an asterisk or a snowflake.

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    1. GinnyApril 23, 2012 at 10:43 PM

      Thank you! Well if you live on the East coast today it would be a snowflake!

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  2. Celtic ThistleApril 23, 2012 at 8:00 AM

    Love your hexies, definitely a snowflake! Thinking of doing something similar with mine, hope it looks as good as yours when done :)

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    1. GinnyApril 24, 2012 at 9:00 PM

      Thank you! I am sure it will, you do wonderful work!

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  3. SamApril 23, 2012 at 1:57 PM

    It is like a lovely spring snowflake. Looks great!

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  4. Rosemary DickinsonApril 23, 2012 at 8:58 PM

    Love the colors you used on these blocks. So cheerful and fun looking. I love some of the new fabric lines. I'm not sure if I'm a modern quilter, but I love their colors and patterns!

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    1. GinnyApril 24, 2012 at 9:03 PM

      Thanks Rosemary, it think it is the bright colors and white negative space that draws me to the modern style. I still love many of the traditional but was ready to try something different. Although one of the first quilt I ever received was an appliqueed tree of life on a white background!

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  5. GinnyApril 23, 2012 at 10:48 PM

    So sorry if you did not get my reply--Blogger is not working again tonight! The reply button does not work :( But Thanks everyone for stopping by and the comments! It really helps to hear what eveyone thinks!

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  6. FarahLinApril 24, 2012 at 9:32 PM

    Love your fabric choice - Modernology by Pat Bravo for the Retro Flower QAL and you did a fantastic job on your first block! Can't wait to see the finished quilt! Well done, Ginny =)

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  7. KellyApril 25, 2012 at 7:04 AM

    Love the hexie block and the retro flowers. I really need to decide what fabric to use and just get on with my retro flowers quilt!

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    1. GinnyApril 25, 2012 at 7:50 PM

      Thanks for stopping by Kelly! Yes, do get your fabric and jump in!

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  8. Teresa F.April 26, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    Love your blocks. The Retro flower is wonderful and the hexie block is great.Well done.

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