at the dorm

After a semester abroad, Seth is back on campus. It is fun to see which quilt they choose to take to the dorm
This one was made for Seth's 7th birthday.

Be a good roommate, Seth.

buzz-saw----- Happy Birthday Meta Rose!

Finished this morning for my grand-niece Meta Rose.

delectable mountains

My parents are here for Christmas. My mother and I love to do handwork together, so I have 9 (!) quilts at the handwork stage for binding. Some are Christmas presents, so they may be given with pins in them. My kids, seeing a quilt on the davenport, always ask if there are pins before they sit down. Experience does teach them something.
I worked on the binding of this delectable mountains variation of the buzz saw this week. Another plaid shirt quilt, great use of lights and darks.

buzz saw mountains

One irritation with the new blogger is it rotates my photos. I will take time later to fix this, but has anyone else been having this problem? (((FIXED!!)))
Here is a delectable mountains variation of the buzz saw pattern--made with plaid shirts from the thrift stores.

And another...

Here is another buzz saw, set into a circle block. To make the block a square, you have to add a 2 inch strip to one side. You can then set 4 squares together into a circle. Or, use them like log cabin blocks into any log cabin setting. I did my first one in the Perikomen set--have to hunt up old photographs.
These I made with brown batiks, keeping each batik together in a block. I used one mottled background. Again, I used left overs of the browns for the border.
I love this quilt--gave it to my husband.

another buzz saw--green and cream

This buzz saw started with 6 1/2 inch blocks, cut 1 1/2 inches into strips. I used mainly dark greens and creams. The borders are a bunch of greens, cut 6 inches wide.
I like to do a scrap border with close in color fabrics.
Oh, the camera charger--it was found at my sister's house, about 4 hours after I bought one for $43.00 and used it. We have this problem in our house. Can't find anything until we replace it, then there it is.

Buzz Saw

I have a Buzz Saw class that I really enjoy. These photos are of one I made in scraps. I think I started these with 7 1/2 inch squares. Bonnie has directions for this type of block on her web site--I think it is called delectable mountains.
I'll post some more photos of quilts I made with this when we find the charger for the camera...
The quilt can look so different depending on the fabrics used and setting of the blocks.