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Hey everyone!
I was at the Alford Inn Quilt Shop yesterday and we were talking about Thangles and how easy they make half square triangles. (I think you all know how I love them.) So, I was thinking how fun it would be to give some away, so I picked up a pack and a couple of fat quarters for you!

So all you need to do to win some Thangles to try, is leave me a comment telling me you follow this blog in some form or fashion AND tell me what your favorite holiday tradition is and share details on your blog about it. I need some fresh ideas. It doesn't matter what holiday.(It's okay if you don't have a blog, just tell me that in the comments.)

Also you can blog about the giveaway and get another entry! It can be in the same post as the holiday traditions.

Be sure to leave your blog post link in your comment! And I will need some way to contact you if you win so be sure you are not a no-contact blogger or just leave your email in that spacey way. :)

Giveaway ends Wednesday, November 10th at Noon, Central Time.
Good luck!

12 days of Christmas project Block 1

Block number 1 for the Christmas project(s) I am working on.
I used 3.5" Thangles on this. (Yes it's hung sideways. oops.)

Block 7 done

I finished my September block today. It went really fast since I had used fabric from previous blocks and pre-made my half square triangles. :) I probably won't get a picture posted today because I am using my ancient laptop MIJ (as in Molasses in January, as in slow as.) and MIJ does not have any photo editing software. I can't use my "real" computer because the graphics card keeps causing it to crash every stinkin' 2 minutes or so. I pick slow over millions of interruptions a day. I also need to crawl under the desk to switch the cable back to the PC and plug in the media card. And that is not easy, no siree. I dread it and avoid it until it is absolutely necessary.
And since including a picture right at this moment is not necessary, that leaves us photo-less, for now. Sorry.
When we get our Mac in a month or two I will be a happy camper!

Block 6 done!

This one went fairly well, aside from one of my rows being a tad longer than the rest so I ended up with some puckering. :P Live and learn. :)

Block #5 done

I tried really hard to think of another, cooler way to say "done" for the post title. But I got nothin'.
So here is the next block done and I will be off later today (since it's after midnight) to get my next one. Yippee ki-yay and a yeehaw, too!

Phew! Block 4 done!

Only 2 ripped out seams and most of the points match up. I should have had this one done ages ago, since it was June's block. Now I only have a few days to get my July block purchased and completed. Being gone for 2 weeks killed a lot of my free time. Thankfully a friend of mine had a sewing get-together last night to make skirts for our little girls. My girl is not "little" enough for the pattern so I took the opportunity to make my block.

I also started another block that I bought from the shop in Farmington that was one of their leftovers from a block of the month. It is a pretty cool block and I am learning how to do triangles without Thangles. :)

June Block...

I picked up my June block kit yesterday, and boy, it looks a little tougher. Wish me luck...

Block of the Month: Buck a Block #3

I finished my block for May today and even though I had to rip out seams again I LOVE IT! The seam ripping was due to my sewing four squares wrong side up, and one seam was sewn crooked. I also started in on my sashing. I had cut all my strips a week or 2 ago, and had yet to make another cut, so I pinned up two blocks with paper to be sewn and cut. (We are using Thangles, remember and for the sashing blocks they are the 2" ones. The monthly blocks are 2.25")

Here is my finished block.

I may use this block pattern for the blocks around a t-shirt quilt block. Saturday we helped out at the Angleman Syndrome Foundation Walk and I wanted to make a memory quilt for my friend who was in charge of it(It was her first time organizing the walk). They had one extra large t-shirt leftover and she said I could have it so I am making her a little quilt. Eventually. I already have about 5 quilts in various stages. :)

I am still looking for just the right quilt layout for my daughter's Cherry quilt. And I think I still need to find the right pink fabric for it. I have 3 reds, 3 Greens, 3 pinks (one reads more as a red though) and 3 whites. I am not sure what to do with them. If anyone has an idea, let me know.

Block of the Month: Buck a Block - #2

This block was much harder for me. I had even more trouble lining up seams and since the contrast in fabrics is so high, the mismatches are even more obvious. Ugh. I was ready to quit after this block. I ripped out so many seams I thought the fabric was going to be trashed. After 6 or so times with the seam ripper, I decided it was just going to have to be mismatched. Here it is in all it's glory.

Block of the Month: Buck a Block - #1

I will be making my second quilt by doing a Block of the Month Buck a Block through a local quilt shop(see my sidebar). I took my supplies with me to Utah to get some more training from more experienced quilters, my mom and sisters. My local tutor, my wonderful Mother-in-Law usually helps me, but it was getting down to the wire so I decided to take my block to Utah with me in case we had some free time. Anyway, I had lessons in seam setting and seam kissing and figured out with some of my mom's scraps how to use my Thangles to make my block. I left with my block pinned to Thangles and partially cut. I finished my first block. It's not too bad for my first solo block. A lot of the seams don't match up and some of the points are missing, so don't look too hard. It is a good learning process for me. All in all, I am pretty happy with it.