B10 Jud's Trophy

Finished this block. I have survived Christmas with three branches of family without a scratch.  I don't know who Jud is and why he won a trophy, but I'm proud that i made his trophy block as my 25th one. 

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That is a 10th of the blocks  and pieces 

B-9 Tinker toy

Apt that I managed to finish the Tinker Toy block on Christmas day. I rememberthat we too, received tinker toys on a Christmas day.  It was my favourite. The color coded sticks and wheels.  And the plastic fins. 

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B-8 Water Lily or is that the Bethlehem Star ?

Water lily done. Had I to coose a name it would have been closer to a Bethlehem Star with petals.  I finished it early this Christmas morning, 25 December 2014. I wonder a lot about this new trend to call it holidays, and not Christmas. For me, it is Christmas. A time to share the love of Christ. Accept each other, faults and all, strange and all, unconditionally. Period. Stomp out judgement - on what ever grounds. Love. Trust. Be kind. Also to yourself. Accept kindness from other in good grace. Be blessed.  That is the message of this block to me. Happy Christmas to you! 

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B-7 World Series.

World series in what,I wonder. In South Africa we watch rugby and Cricket. Since it doesn't look like a rugby ball, it has to be cricket: go Proteas! Make us proud! 

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B-6 Wild Goose Chase

On our way through the Great Karoo. We are counting bird species as we go. We now gave 120 species and a finished Wild Goose Chase. 

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B5 - Hot Cross Buns

Hand pieced and hand appliqued. I thonk it needs another 1/2 inch border in white.  Will do that in the morning.  

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J13 - Pam's Bells

BOW. Second week running: I'm so proud.  Pieced and appliqued by hand. 

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B4 - Chris's Soccer Field.

Paperpieced by hand. I like the sharp contrast of the red and white. 

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B3 Mirror image

Pieced  by hand, this block went super fast with my new found "mark the block" tecnique. Ok this is probably one of the easier blocks, but it came out really neat and I'm pleased as pie. 

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B2 Sweet Tater Pie

Soetpatats is how we call it in Afrikaans.  I pieced this by hand.  After cutting the pieces carefully, I cut out the pieces to leave the seam allowance on the pattern piece. O then marked on the inside with a marking pen and stitched on the mark. I'll cut on the outside of the lone next time as the seams were a little wide. I'm chuffed with this block. Need to square it off still! 

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B-1. Batchelor Buttons

Appliqued rosettes.  These are my first rosettes.  I printed the block and cut out the buttons. I then traced the position through the stencil. I love the green background fabric. 

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I 10 - Iris Medallion

My first BOW. I think this is a little too complicated.  I need to work slower and more accurate.  

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A13 Starlight-starbright

Significant that i have lost the brightest star, my beloved Wanda this week.  I' m looking for yor face in the stars, my love. 

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