Obnoxious IV

 If you look back on my September 27th post, titled "What's on the Design Wall in September,"  you will see what this was looking like last September.  It is finally completed.  It is very bright, all except the little tree in the lower right-hand corner.  I truly believe it is obnoxious, however, several of the quilters at the meeting last week, were saying, "That's not obnoxious!"  What?!  Are you kidding me?  It is certainly not reserved, glamourous, or sophisticated.  It IS obnoxious and I love it.

I just really had to put that red in there.  I used the black with yellow and orange bursts from the backing on Obnoxious III, and pretty much used up every scrap of it.  I deliberately made sure there was not as much pink in this one as the previous three.  I added the blue and my wonky houses.  The blue and white VFW fabric came along just in time to be the binding on this quilt.  It is like the topping on the cake!

Left Overs Make Eight Point Stars!

Happy June!  The heat is here and I have been busy in the AC.  I have alot of green, brown, and blue fabric left over from making the Crayon Quilt Challenge quilt, so I used some of it to experiment with eight point stars.  I happen to have the Bloc Loc set of flying geese rulers.  I have never used the largest one, so I decided to give that a go.  I made nine blocks using the large flying geese ruler and this is how the quilt turned out.

If you wish to give this a try, I figured out how to 'add a page' to my blog.  Look to the right and you will see the heading "Tutorials".  Click on the Eight Point Star tutorial and see what it is all about.  Not so very hard.  Give it a try and let me know how you do.  See the tips portion, as the half-square triangles border was made using the part you cut off from the flying geese.  Amazing!  

OMG! G is for Goodness!

 OMG!  Did you see the new "Cutting Corners Kits" at Jordan Fabrics???  The demo is amazing!

I don't buy kits, but the demo is amazing! Trust me on this.