
This is a big announcement for me. So often kind people who are interested in reading my blog ask me how they can follow me and receive notifications when I post. Duh. I am not very tech-savvy, and I have never known how to make that happen. "I don't know, just check-in every weekday?" is not the answer folks want. I have been blogging for 13 years, and I think it is time I figure out how to allow readers to subscribe.
So, I enlisted my amazingly clever daughter Sara, and asked her, "Can you make it happen so anyone who wants to follow my blog can subscribe and receive notifications when I post?" "Sure Mom", my make-it-happen daughter replied.
So there you go. In the taskbar right underneath my blog banner, there is a choice to "subscribe" now. Woo hoo! I have joined the twenty-first century. Please go ahead and hit that button, fill out the information, and you will receive an email when I post, and will be able to link directly to my most recent blog post. I hope this will be a more convenient way to find me than whatever you have been doing up until now. It goes without saying that your email will not be used for any other purpose.
In other more quilt-related news, Heaven help me, I have started another Sew-Along. You'd think there was some kind of prize for the fool who has the most sew-alongs going on at one time. I'm a contender. Thanks a lot Tracey.

Here are my first nine blocks. If you want a stash buster of a project, here you go. It is a sew-along called "Bust that Stash" hosted by Border Creek Station Ontario, Canada. Go to the link, and download the pattern instructions and information, which are free. My friend Tracey told me all about it and shared a picture of the gorgeous quilt she made. She used all batiks for her quilt, and as you can see it is amazing.

Don't you have a tub of batiks just sitting around? Love their bright colors but never quite know what to do with them? Here's your answer. For me, I have a tub of fabrics leftover from various projects over the past few years, and I am embracing this chance to use them up.

I spent hours this past weekend cutting out my squares, all except the reds, which I have yet to do. I figured why not get everything all cut out and then I will be good to stitch up a half dozen blocks every time I go into my sewing room. So, go to the Border Creek Station site and print out those free instructions so you can make one too. They give options for different sized blocks as well as different sized quilts. I plan to make 144 6 1/2" blocks and set them 12 x 12. I should end up with a bed-sized quilt if I do that. Goodness knows if it isn't big enough to suit me, there is more fabric where that came from and I can always make more blocks.
Hope you are all coping well with your lockdown, where ever it is that you are. Take care and stay healthy.