Wonky Block Time

This past year I have been participating in the Wonky House Block swaps on Swap Bot. I have sent and have received several blocks from all over the United States and also from the Netherlands. This week I started another round of these swaps because making these blocks is so much fun.

I used batiks as much as I could since my partner likes them.  She also likes blue, thus the sky is a blue batik.

The instructions on how to do these free pieced wonders can be found here. Everyone is free to adjust the instructions as they wish and just play with this kind of construction.  After I had received 9 blocks, I put them together into this quilt.

Some of my partners used my favorite colors of blue and green (from my profile). This is the block from the Netherlands:

 

 

Straight line quilting

I know, I know. I said I was getting impatient with Blocks of the Month (BOMs). But this is different. I can do them or not, depending on my whims each month. It doesn't involve a year long commitement. Doesn't it look easy?  We are using different sizes this year so that we will have a more interesting layout for a quilt.  Join us!

Now I want to share some photos of the fall colors around our Southern California town. This will dispute those ugly rumors you may have heard about how we don't have seasons, that it is always sunny and warm and green here. Surprise! It is raining today but before it did I got these shots:

This week we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the USA. I LOVE this holiday! It is all about family and food. I will be baking and cooking for my three guys. We will enjoy the traditional foods of the day. There are also marching bands and football games to watch on TV. I love being together with our little family and giving thanks for our blessings. I hope you enjoy the day wherever you may be located and

Today is link up day with What a Hoot so go on over there to see some other wonderful quilting projects.
Happy Quilting!