Today’s pattern is a fun one I think, and the one that looks most like a compass.

For the regulars you know the drill… the Quilting on the Sqaure pattern can be found here block10holidaycompass   This block is a great one to add to your collection I think.

The block was easy to make, as again each piece is the same.   I must admit I have a couple of blocks that I have started only to realise I have sewn the wrong colour in the wrong place, despite my expert colour coding system!  A few of them I have unpicked and fixed and a few of them I had made such a mess I have abandoned them.

I also promised a look at how they are/or are not coming together as a quilt.  So here you go….

What do you think?

I am loving starting the week with a fun paper piecing block.  Today’s block is another fun one from Quilting on the Square.  What I love most about these blocks is that you can make so many creative choices so that each pattern can make such different blocks.

The pattern is for this star can be found here block4flyinghome or at the Quilting on the Square site.  Although there are some fiddly little pieces in this block it was an easy one to put together because each of the block pieces are identical.  I still colour in the back of the block to remind me  – better safe than sorry.

Next week I promise to take a work in progress photo so you can see how all the blocks are coming together.

Have a great Monday… and happy quilting!

This week I have managed to finish my block on time…. yipee.  I am not 100% in love with this block and I may do another block with this pattern to see if I can “get it right”.  As my husband reminded me last night, I am doing this blog to document the good with the bad.  So here it is….

I am beginning to sound like a broken record but I am addicted… so the pattern is again from Quilting on the Square.  A copy can be found here block11snowcrystals 

The pattern is another eight piece block and I am loving using up  little bits of scrap fabric to make the smaller pieces.

Shortly I am going to have to start thinking about how all these blocks are going to come together.  I have been enjoying just playing but at some point I will have to look at the bigger picture.

As they say “better late than never”… and so here is this weeks paper piecing block.

Once again the pattern is from Quilting on the Square’s collection.  You can download the pattern here block7featheredcompass.  I am finishing up another version of this block at the moment, but have hit a few snags – I messed up three of the block pieces by putting the red and blue squares in the wrong place.   There is an afternoon of unpicking in my future I fear.

As you can see I have been using markers to colour the relevant bits of the pattern so I stay on course.  Obviously there was a little too much Christmas cheer and failed to follow my colour code on the other blocks.  AUGH!  I will pay more attention next time.