A New Thread to Try

Missouri Star Quilt Company is selling their own brand of thread. 

I ordered a few spools last week and they arrived yesterday. 

The thread colors in theTrusty Trio are black, white and ivory. 

I am very interested in using the ivory, which looks like a very light silver to my eyes. 

I ordered a brown cotton called Nestles and 

a Burgandy polyester for embroidery work.

I wanted the Summer edition of Block to add to my quilting library.

I want to make the Summer in the Park quilt using the Island Batiks in my collection. 

You can find the online tutorial for the quilt HERE.

(This is a photo from Block Summer Vol. 3 Issue 3)

What I like about Block are the short narrative stories about life with the Doans. 

I took advantage of a sale at Accuquilt and purchased 

the die for Blazing Star.

I am thinking of Christmas gifts using this pattern. 

I would not cut these pieces by hand, so this block would never have been made. 

But this will be so much better. 

I got the 6" mat in order to cut one shape out of a multi shaped die.

I saw a video about this so the larger mats don't get cut marks where no fabric is placed. 

It will save my larger mats. 

Have a bit of tidying to do and the AQS show to attend before I begin these projects. 

Happy Quilting!