It's A Good Thing I Like Dresden Blocks

Small but cute!

I made the remainder of the 25 mini Dresden's that I needed

for my quilt... along with half of the 16 medium sized Dresden blocks...

and I had already made the 16 large blocks.

So now I need to start making the centers for them!

The only problem is... is that

I can't find the template for making the centers!

I guess I can kind of judge by the picture here.

It looks like they used the background fabric for the centers.

I can do that.

What do you think...

 Does the center look the same on the

small Dresden as the large one?

I had to look back at some of the other Dresden

styled quilts I have made to see what I had done in the past...

This had a regular center.

This quilt had a super large center.

I like the polka dots.

This one had a little face for the center.

This was for by Bees Knees sewing group!

Hmm, No help here... this isn't finished yet.

It was my Bees Knees project.

 I guess I have more Dresden's to finish...

and more to make!

This  is a new kit yet to be made... 

oh, hey, I bet I can

look at the pattern here to see about the center template!

I am also going to take a closer look at the Patriotic Quilter and 

Cupcake n Daisies blogs... because they made the one from the magazine too!

Hope you have a great week! 

Thanks for visiting today!

Recap of the Week... and Looking Forward to the Weekend

Evie has had swim lessons this week and last week. 

I have been hopping over to watch after work

and taking the opportunity to visit with my son as well.

He has also been taking her to the 

golf course and has

 started giving her golfing lessons!

What a sweet dad.

This little one just finished dance lessons last weekend...

which

 was

 adorable. 

Which is all you expect 

from a three year old!

I have been preparing my mini Dresden blades

this week. 

They are so TINY!

Which 

makes them cute...

and I can't imagine that it will take very long to make them into 

mini blocks, right?

There are two sizes here...

the super mini and the mini.

I just love the V & Co. fabrics.

Here is the other project I have

been doing the grunt work on in the mornings...

Remember the Tula Pink pattern I shared the other day?

I have a good start on it now!

It's going to be hotter than blazes here for the next 10 days. 

I am not a big fan of triple digit weather... so the objective

will be to stay cool

(and get my housework done early)!

I hope you have a good weekend!

My World of Pink and Forest Green

Did you know?

Today is National Pink Day!

 I'm not sure I can contain PINK to just one day!

Here are some photos from my Pretty.Pink board on

Pinterest.

But...

Pink is just going to have to share the spotlight today because

I am adding forest green... 

for a good reason...

There is a photo of our local Hot Shots. 

They are the Crane Valley Hot Shots 

aka Dirty Birds...

(remember Heckle and Jeckle cartoons, they were the original Dirty Birds)

 My son is a part of this crew for 8 years now

 maybe 10, I can't keep track.

That's him there...

the only one that is facing forward.

They are down in Southern California

at the Lake Fire in San Bernadino County.

They are having a morning briefing and then out to "work"!

This is a photo from U.S. News and World Report. You can read about

California fires there. The fire is roughly 27 square miles in size.

Nearly 2,000 fire fighters are working this fire...

they are amazing!

So...

That's why my other favorite color is forest green!

Summer Has Officially Arrived!

Before I made Crop Circles I made this quilt...

it's Vintage Tulips by Thimble Blossoms. 

It was a MUST do when I first saw it

 and I ordered the PDF as soon as the pattern 

was available. It is so sweet... so of course

 I had to use my Pam Kitty Morning stash

and now that it's made...

 I have seen variations

that I love just as much as the original.

 I saw one quilt using only

the alternate blocks.

 And then there was Cindy's quilt... and 

Thelma's 

Vintage Tulips too. I am half way 

tempted to spend the entire summer 

making this quilt over and over again!

There is even the mini one... 

oh, the light bulb just went off!

I can do mini's of the other variations!!!

 The 

possibilities 

are 

just

 so

fun!

I brought this quilt out of hiding the other day.

It had been a pattern in a magazine. 

I believe it's called Dresden Doilies. 

Designed by Gerri Robinson

You can see that the skill level was for a confident beginner. 

(Insert your own joke here.)

I left off with 7 small ones made. All of the large Dresden's made

and  none of the medium size made.

Fortunately, I found (after spending some time looking) my V and Company

fabrics... so I am back in business!

This will be one of my summer projects.

The other summer project I have in mind is this one:

 

It's by Tula Pink!

I have been obsessed with Orange Peel quilts since

Playful Petals was published!

So now I plan on starting with this quilt but also 

spending my summer making other 

quilts from the book by Cory Yoder aka Little Miss Shabby!

Miss Luella showed her version of the cover quilt recently on

Instagram using Jen Kingwell fabrics.

That really sent me over the edge on my obsession!

So, you will be seeing my version of this one also...

I have my summer fun all planned now! 

How about you?