Tula Blocks 79 and 80 with PIZZAZ!

When I was making the block for Pat's birthday I was having so much fun with the technique of making the sections and making them smaller that I decided to see how small I could go by using them on my Tula 100 Modern blocks!

I love the tissue paper or mosaic look to the sections of hack and sew and I am amazed by the super tiny pieces that I could have never pieced in a BAZILLION years even with good eyes and nimble fingers.

The fabrics for the entire quilt are Bobbins and Bits by Pat Sloan for Moda.  Batiks and quilting cottons when mixed together create something so wonderful it makes me happy! I am using Aurifil 50wt 2600 ( a beautiful gray) for the piecing.  The thin and strong 50wt works brilliantly with all of the seams.  I can see where it could be an issue with anything thicker. YAAY for the perfect thin thread!

Hope you are keeping up better than I am with the blocks. Hoping I can somehow catch up with the other blocks this weekend.  With my sister coming for Thanksgiving, I am very doubtful ;)

Three sweet things!

I feel so HAPPY! I was able to finish my October blocks for my do.Good Stitches bee group. I know it is November ( I am blushing) I had cut them out before I left and well then I put them together wrong, so I did some fancy unstitching and had them together by Friday! The Believe Bee that I am in was asked to do this Wonky Pinwheel, tutorial can be found at Greenleaf Goods. 

Block One

Block Two

The third SWEET thing is I am OFFICIALLY a HALF MARATHONER!!!!!! I finished with a time of 2:15:16!!!!!

Stunning vintage quilt block goodness and Happy Mother's Day!!!!!

My wonderful grandmother when she called to say thank you for her birthday quilt told me that she had an old hatbox filled with some quilt blocks and she was not sure what to do with them or who to give them to and asked if I would want them! WOW!!!! I said yes and on Friday I received the most amazing box in the mail!!!! 

I about fell over when I opened the box!

These are amazing!!!!

 
Some extra diamonds that were cut out

There are two of these beauties :o)

Cute little nine squares

I am going to do a tutorial for this block, it is so adorable!

Possibly enough of these to make a lap quilt!

All of the blocks are hand sewn...Eeeeep!

There are bits and pieces of vintage fabric that are all just to beautiful to describe!!!!!

MAJOR BIG LOVE to my Gma!!!!! Thank you!!!!!

I am not sure just yet what I am going to do with them but whatever it is I will love it!!!!!

I hope everyone has had a FABULOUS Mother's Day!!!!! I sure have!!!!!!