Alpha Blocks

Finally! I have all the blocks done which represent the letters of the alphabet. Next step is sewing them into 12 large blocks...in alphabetical order, of course.

How many block names do you know? What if I give you a hint?
Album, Bachelor's Puzzle, Chimneys and Cornerstones, Duck and Ducklings, Evening Star, Friendship, Grandma's Choice, Hayes Corner, Illinois, Johnie Around the Corner, Kansas Star, Log patch, Morning Star, Night and Noon, Octagons, Pineapple, Quartered Star, Rambler, Shoofly, Turnstile, Union Square, Virginia Reel, Whirling Whirlwind, X Block, Yankee Puzzle, Zigzag

Click here to see the photo of the very cool, completed original at American Quilters.

Quilting Progress: ABC - Quilt With Me

I'm making good progress on some of my long term quilt projects. I'll share them over the next few days.

This one is a Block of the Month kit I got at American Quilting. The quilt is called ABC - Quilt With Me. It was last year's BoM so the quilt along ended in June 2013. Having only started this mad obsession a few weeks earlier, I had to beg to buy the kit. Follow the link to check out the finished product on the American Quilting blog.

I knew I had to make this quilt the first time I laid eyes on it. It is the perfect gift for my mother. She has been a quilter all her life and also taught 1st grade for 35 years.The quilt is lap size but small enough that she can hang it as a wall quilt. I love it! I've had a couple of peeps say they don't like the alphabet letters on it. But I explain that quilt block patterns have names. Each block's name begins with the letter of the alpha next to it. For example the A is beside the block titled  Album Block, B is next to the block called Bachelors puzzle, C block is called Chimneys and Cornerstones, D is Duck and Ducklings etc. (And if you didn't go look at the original you have no idea what I'm saying.)  :-P