Recovery Projects

This is what I've been working on while I recover from surgery, Churn Dash and Stars. I wish I could have made more blocks so the circular pattern would really show but I was trying to use blocks I had already made for another project that ended up a UFO. At least now it's finished. And I used up most of the fabric. I cut up the leftovers into 4 1/2" squares for the borders. That was the quickest way to finish. I will definately mke this pattern again.


This is my sample block for Making Ends Meet, a new pattern from Judy Laquidara. It's available free on her blog. I changed the colors from the original because I have no orange fabric and I was trying not to buy anything for this project. I only purchased the background. The star points will be scrappy greens and the chains will be scrappy purples. I may have to buy some purple for the final border. I'm not sure I have a piece bi enough. I'll worry about that when I get there.

Design Wall Monday

I took down the blocks from last week and started working on these. I couldn't decided what to do with the others and I needed something brainless to work on. This is actually a UFO that I decided to change. I had started the star blocks with different alternate blocks that I wasn't crazy about. Then I saw Mary Johnson's latest free pattern, Churn Dash and Stars, and I decided to do that instead. My blocks are larger and I don't have enough fabric to make mine as big as hers so I'll just keep making blocks until I run out.

My surgery went well Tuesday, in fact better than I expected. I thought I would feel crappy from the anesthesia but I don't. Just tired and sore. I'm working on the above project between naps.