Super Bowl Sunday

Is everyone enjoying the Super Bowl??? I know that I am because it's another chance to eat and sew, which are my favorite things! I decided to start working on another BOM that I've been receiving for about 4 months now. It's the Just Plain Nuts quilt by Liz Lois. I'm not going to mention the store that I've been buying this from because I'm not terribly thrilled with them. The quilt is a reproduction of a 19th century quilt and I love it (of course). There are no instructions in the book so I decided to draft these blocks into EQ6, which is something that I've never done before. Here are the first two blocks

 

 

How exciting is it that I can draw these blocks and then print out the foundation paper to piece them...woohoo!!! I'm going to try and draw block three in just a minute. I know that many of you out there are computer geniuses and use EQ all of the time, but I have always struggled to use this kind of software. I think it's because I get extremely bored reading the book and listening to the voice of someone demonstrating how to do something instead of doing it myself, puts me to sleep. I do think I'll go back and watch some of the videos someday...it's just that I'd rather be making a quilt!

Here's a picture of a little Amish block that I made the other day. It finishes at 2.5 inches.

 

Isn't it just the cutest little thing you've ever seen. I could really get into the miniature blocks. The only thing is they take longer than making a 12 inch block, so you can't really plan to make a large quilt with them unless you're compulsive obsessive ;o)

Well enjoy the second half of the game! Go Quilting!!!