501 Quilt Blocks

This week’s block is: Next Door Neighbour. It’s not near as embarrassing as last weeks. In fact, I quite like this one.

So much for my one a week should be manageable. This weeks block is titled: Untitled 2. As imaginative as I am. Yes, I am a little out of order. I got to week 17 and couldn’t figure out how to create the block, so I skipped past a couple while I worked out my …

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This week is brought to you by the block Dutchman’s Puzzle. I kind of messed up with my fabric selection as the small centre windmill is meant to be an alternate colour. Too bad, so sad I say! I’m not unpicking any more of these bleeping things.

This week is the King’s Crown. Not quite sure what part of the crown this represents.

Only 480 blocks to go! Just kidding! I’m not doing the complete 501 blocks. There’s a whole bunch of applique and Christmas ones that just don’t make the cut for this quilt. This is the Windblown Square. I slightly altered it as I just couldn’t work out how to have a whole block in the …

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The seesaw. Such an awesome thing to ride on as a kid. Now it just gives me a headache with all that jolting. How times change. FYI: swings make me feel sick also now.

This one is Grandmother’s Favourite (we all know that’s me, right?!) Ok, so not really, but it’s always nice to think you’re someone’s favourite.

Our block this week is called the Amish Diamond. I like diamonds. This block was so simple to make. If only they were all like that…

The block this week is called Road to California. I myself have never been to California, so I can’t say for certain whether or not it looks like the roads there. But I’ll take a guess and say this is someone’s very liberal definition of what a road looks like. Although pot is legal over …

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This week is brought to you by the block Old Maid’s Puzzle. These baby blocks are coming along quite nicely and this is possibly the very first block I have made without unpicking a seam. I must be improving!!!