Down Mulberry Lane

FINISHED! Quilt Block Exchange!

8:31 PM, April 30, 2008 .. Posted in My Life .. 1 comments .. Link

Well, after getting sidetracked on Monday... I finally completed my last 5 sets of blocks.  I headed out at 3 pm and mailed them off.  I enjoyed the opportunity to share with others in a project that kept me motivated.  Even as simple as this project may have been, I learned some tips as I progressed through my blocks.  My blocks were not perfect...this was a new project for me.  I hope that whoever gets my blocks will still enjoy them with the little imperfections. 

It would have been much easier for me to have cut the blocks a little larger.... but I guess that is part of learning.  I had gotten some clear plastic things for quilting years ago... I finally put them to good use!  (See, I don't even know what they were called! (6 by 12 inch clear measuring pieces.  It allowed me to see if my blocks were ending up the correct size)).   I mismeasured as well and have lots of blocks left over.  However I cut it close with the thread.... I will need more thread to do anything with the leftover squares that I have left. 

I am excited about the blocks I am to receive.  I am still trying to figure out what to do with them.  Pillows seem an easy obvious choice, but I'd like to get creative.  I'm sure my little one would like a doll quilt.  I could even do a small quilt hanging with matching squares.... or maybe a small lap quilt.  We will see what I come up with once I see all the blocks. 

Deanna, thanks for hosting this swap!  It was fun.   ... now back to cleaning out our basement and decluttering the house!!! 

Warmly, ~Melissa

 


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Congratulations

10:21 PM, April 30, 2008 .. Posted by blessingsbaound
on accomplishing such a task!!! It sounds like a great deal of fun and you are so talented. Enjoy!!! Mrs. Joseph Wood

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