Beautiful block, Terri! I really like the colorful geometric fabric you used for the berries. Mary Kay

Teri,
I love your block - the berries make it so whimsical! Thanks for sharing.
Barbara

Teri

Love your blocks.

Margarita in Auburn, CA

OMG Cathy I love the reasoning behind the missing pieces! Ain't it the truth and how cleaver of you to interpret it that way. Great job.

And TErri how cute is your fabric selection on this block?!

Your block is lovely, Terri. Especially like the fabric you used in your berries! Marge

Terri, you are so cleaver, I love your berries. Your quilt is going to look like a fresh spring garden with the verity of flower colors you have chosen.

Hi Everyone. I finished July. I have been printing out 'fit to page' on the previous blocks, so I tried 'none' on this one because of all the little circles. I don't notice much difference. It is closer to the edges of the block of course, but I think it will be ok....
Terri

Cathy, wonderful block, and I'm sure the stitching you will add with your long arm will be awesome.

As a cancer warrior, I understand about missing pieces, having to pull from different resources. Thankfully, my care was straight forward, as I am my own advocate.

My prayers are with you and your daughter.

Maggie in E. Central Illinois, another beautiful day, hopefully I'll get to sew a little bit.

Cathy

Love you block. I am sure your quilt will be great when finished.

Margarita in Auburn, CA

Kathy, you block is beautiful as usual. You have made your blocks so meaningful, not just to you and your family, but to all of who see them and read your comments. Thank you for letting us be a part of this. Marge

Cathy your blocks are marvelous, and your moving statements along with them! I'm not quite finished w/ July despite having LOTS of time to quilt as I sit w/ Mom at Hopkins. She got her new Bone Marrow from my brother on Tuesday and both are well, although he's definitely sore! My lil sis and I are nursing the 2 of them this week, then my big sis returns to take care of mom solo & the rest of us head home.
Having a loved one w/ cancer opens your eyes, but spending days and days and days in the cancer treatment center is another thing entirely...
Thanks to all of you who have been praying, we're feeling very positive right now...
Florence

Posted my July block early! Woohoo - it's not the last day of July! You'll notice all the pieces aren't there and that's how it's supposed to be at this point! I'm loving my longarm and going to start using it to do some thread painting for some of the applique.
Oh the kids had a wonderful trip to DIsney. Tina didn't have any problems at all - thanks for the prayers again!

MargaritaW wrote:
Margarita, your idea to use French knots for those little circles is ingenious. Wish I had thought of it instead of fussing with those little circles! Marge

Judy

I make my berries, using the plastic circles, I just cut the fabric a little bit bigger, so it gave me more of a back for the berries, it makes them look stuffed.

I did not do the little circles on the heart flowers, I did French knots using 4 strands of embroidery floss, 3 times over the needle. and did three knots on each heart flower.

Margarita in Auburn, CA