Tile Block

Did you see Bonnie Hunter's tile block the recent issue of Quiltmaker magazine? It's gone off the wall and has stirred up so many quilters causing a sell out of the magazine at some shops. It's an easy pattern and great for all those scraps you have saved from other projects. Do one and you are hooked like potato chips. One won't be enough.

Do you recognize some of this old fabric?

Having camera problems again and the phone pictures don't transfer well for me. Aged hands.

Time to revisit some of the other fabric bins and square these blocks.

Marcy   **** Who became a great grandmother yesterday!

Vacay Tote

A person can never have enough tote bags. Whether they are in constant use or hanging from the sewing room door knobs as organizers. But then I found this tote bag kit at Connecting Threads and discovered another use. If Mr. Made By Me doesn't get the hint, I'll make the plans.

It's a simple pieced and lined tote bag plus the kit includes enough fabric for two pouches. Their kits always contain plenty of fabric if you need a third or more pouches. I'm thinking make up in one and sewing supplies in the other.

This is the front.

And here's the back.

Two pouches.

All the fun fabric was cut from one panel and there are still a few cuties left.

Perhaps it's the flamingo that sold me. They just  scream of warmer days ahead. Winter is gone. Spring is here. But spring and summer can be off in the tropics somewhere, right?

Marcy