Third Block Finished

March block is finished, and it's almost the end of April!  It was a fun block to make, and I love cherries.  It was laying on the couch when I took the picture, and the upper left part must have been a little crooked.  (The small leaves are all the same size, contrary to what the picture shows.)  I shall cut the wages of my photographer in half........let's see - 1/2 of zero is.....

Here are blocks 1 and 2 together:

I decided to change the corner leaves from the pattern to make them look more like rose leaves, because the buds look like rosebuds to me.  I drew out a pattern on freezer paper of how I will place the corner rosebuds and leaves on each block, with a rosebud on each block corner, and a leaf on each seam where two blocks are sewn together.  Pic of my pattern:

I am using all red, green and yellow fabrics for this quilt.  I am having fun with it so far.  My blog is here:  Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
Judy Hansen

The Start on My First Block

Hi everyone!  This will be the first large applique quilt that I have made.  I liked the posts of "revised versions" of the first block, so I took freezer paper and cut out a version that suited me.  But after eliminating the four teardrops in the center part, and adding the two cuts, the center background part looks like a crab!  LOL  I haven't added the small flowers to the corners yet, and I will post again after adding them.   

Thanks to Brenda and Gay for offering this block of the month for us.  It is very pretty, and thank you Sharon for setting up this blog.  It will be so much fun to see everyone's progress.

Judy Hansen
smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com