The winners for May were drawn Friday and it wasn't me but that's ok. I'm having so much fun making these blocks and the winners are going to each get 56 blocks this time for the Asian theme blocks. The theme for June is "Summer" using tropical colors and only minimal prints in the fabrics. I went to my stash and started pulling out fabrics and ended up with this block. For this month, the block can be made with more than the normal two colors. I decided that I would use five as I just liked the way they went together. As usual, I made six for the drawing and an extra two to go in my growing collection of Happy blocks. One of these days, I'll put them together into a Happy Block quilt that reflects all of the themes for the months I've been taking part in the swap.
Sally, my next door neighbor, and I went to a quilt show in Sparta, TN yesterday. We had a great time. It's about two hours away from here so we made a day of it. On the way, we stopped at Loose Threads, a quilt shop in Harriman, TN. I had to pick up my Singer Featherweight that I had previously left for servicing. Sally is very new to quilting and is working on her very first quilt. She was so excited by all of the fabric in the shop. In our small town we have two choices, Wal-mart and a very small quilt shop that has been open for a year and has a very limited fabric selection.
Back to the quilt show, it's put on by the local quilt guild in Sparta every two years. It's a small, exhibition only, show at the local civic center. While it was a very small show, the quilts were as good as any at any other show. Several were just stunning. Once again, it was so much fun to watch Sally's face as she walked between the rows of quilts. After stopping for a late lunch in Cookeville, we came on home. Sally did get fabric to make some placemats and a seat pad for the antique bench that sits just inside her breakfast room door. I'm going to help her with the pattern and figuring out the size to cut the fabric strips. I love to teach beginners how to quilt and to see their excitement when they finish a new project.
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