The Exploding Block

Every day I get an email from Missouri Star Quilt Company with their deal of the day and every now and then they send an email with a new tutorial.  Last week the new one was 'the exploding block'.  When I went to Neebing Needlers last Wednesday Linda G had made a few and was showing the rest of the gals how to make them.  It is a great block and I knew that I just had to try to make one.  

I made mine explode 5 times and then wondered what I was going to do with this block.

I always find that it is easier to make several blocks rather

than just one at a time so I made 4 of them.

I added the green borders and made them into placemats.

These will go to Meals on Wheels.  I hope someone else

enjoys them as much I do.

Peggy

Not Bearly There

I found a really neat pattern in Fons and Porter's Easy Quilts Spring 2011 magazine called Bearly There.  The pattern used bear fabric therefore the name for the quilt.  I had some neat Snowman fabric that I thought would be great with this pattern.  I fussy cut the snowmen for the center squares of the blocks and used beige and blue for the rest of the squares.  

The fabric is Snow Flurries from Clothworks.

I used the same fabric for the outer border.

This quilt is for a friend who still plays hockey

and he is in his 70's.

Some of the snowmen are skating so I 

thought it was quite appropriate for him.

I also finished another donation quilt.  This is made from scraps from a layer cake twister quilt that I made a few years ago for my grandson.

I got this pattern from Missouri Star Quilt Company.

On the video she doesn't use sashing and cornerstones but I learned a new technique 

from The Gourmet Quilter

about adding sashing strips and now I am loving 

making them.

Peggy