First Try

I have always loved the Dresden Plate block and seeing a lot of them around blogland lately I thought I would try one. They are easier than I thought and fun to make. I must make more.

Trapezoid Block

Trapezoid Block

I have been looking at tutorials lately for my Bees Knees Block group. I thought about the Diamond X but there were a couple of other blocks as well that I really like and would love to make quilts with. I love the Spiderweb, String quilts too. I have a ton of fabric that I need to use up so I can buy more, you know how it goes. If get use some then I will buy some. I have been busy cutting up some of the scraps that I have in hopes that I can organize and get them used up. I thought it would be good to test out some blocks.

 I found this one at The Sometimes Crafter. She has several nice blocks there. She has a stacked block which I think one of our ladies is having done and then she has another one that I really like as well. It is sort of a log cabin but done with different colored squares around the 9patch center. So it is hard to decide. If it had not been for one of our gals in the Block group I probably would not have found her site. I really like this block and it is so easy to do. It turned out to be a bit more oblong, like 12.75 long by 12wide. I plan on doing more blocks that I have not done before, maybe do a new block once a week or every other week. Use up some scraps and do some relaxing sewing.

We continue to have rain. We had one huge storm today and got 2 inches in one hour. Needless to say, things are flooded because we have already had so much rain. We are just a bit soggy here with more on the way! Everyone stay dry!