Category: Blocks

My Magic of Christmas blocks are all finished.  During November and December Primitive Gatherings designer Lisa Bongean came out with 25 free blocks that she called The Magic of Christmas. The block patterns are still all available on her website.  She made her blocks all in red and white, but I switched it up a […]

It has been pouring rain where I live.  I half expect instead of one more warning from the weather service that our area is in danger of flooding, the next notice I get will be to pack my things and board Noah's Ark.  The good news is, this series of storms may signify the end […]

I made a couple more Magic of Christmas blocks over the weekend.   I was rummaging around in one of the drawers in the sewing room dresser and discovered some 1" half square triangle papers, which I had not realized I had on hand. Lisa Bongean, who is sponsoring the Magic of Christmas sew along […]

Three more Magic of Christmas blocks have been released.  I had some sewing time this weekend and completed blocks 14 and 16.  Block 14 in the photo above was a struggle for me.  There were lots of bias edges and little points to match up, and my units weren't coming out a uniform size.  I […]

I had a few hours to play in my sewing room this past weekend so I made four more basket blocks to slip into my Primitive Gatherings The Magic of Christmas quilt.  With the red and green color scheme I am doing, plus my plan to do a diagonal set, I need some additional red […]

I am keeping up with the Primitive Gatherings Christmas Blocks that Lisa Bongean is releasing periodically on her blog.  My red and green version is coming along pretty well.  I even got a comment on Instagram from Lisa herself, saying how much she liked the two colors I was using for my version! Yesterday was […]

I hope you all aren't bored to death hearing about the Magic of Christmas sew along!  I promise I will give it a week or two before I mention it again. The blocks pictured above are the block patterns given out by Lisa Bongean, who is hosting the sew along.  She has actually put out […]

If you all don't have this book, you might want to look into getting it.  I was thinking it was 101 quilt blocks, but for goodness sake, it it 501!  The instructions for making these 501 blocks are given in at least four or five sizes.  I would guess that at least 400 of them […]

My sewing experience this past weekend was a mixed bag.  On the one hand, I made a few more Magic of Christmas blocks (using the Judy Hopkins 101 Rotary Cut Quilt Blocks book).  I ended up attempting 5 blocks and ending up with 4 successful blocks.  What I should have done is quit around 2:00 […]