I finished my second block of Ladies of the Sea. They are challenging blocks, but I am enjoying the process. Once I had finished the first block, I decided to do the rest in order. This was an interesting choice since the first block was the Bluenose and we had seen her in our travels. I still haven't decided if I will put the names of the ships on each of the blocks. I think I probably will, but I don't know if I will ink or embroider them. That decision can be made later.
I have a few tops that are awaiting their turn to be quilted. I started on my Quilt-In-A-Box. This will be a heavy quilt. I am being frugal here and used a batting that I found in my stash. I don't remember where it came from or when I got it. It is very dense. I am also using a damask on the back. This fabric was given to me recently by a friend who bought too much for the drapes she made for her house. This is also a heavy fabric. I'm machine quilting each block with a different random fill pattern for practice. I'm about half done with this.
My guild is running a star block exchange this season and this is my sample block. It't a Carol Doak paper pieced star that I really like. I haven't done paper piecing in quite some time because I really don't enjoy it. I still don't. I would much rather hand piece a complicated block than paper piece. But, I still like the block.
