I'm Getting Social

Ha ha!  Maybe not.  I'm a pretty shy person.  I have, however, added more social media buttons to my blog--Pinterest and Instagram.  Facebook and Etsy were already there.  All of the buttons are in the right column.

I've been on Pinterest for four or five years now.  I have all sorts of pins on there, not just sewing things.  I like to cook and we are major DIYers, so you will see food, home and garden, and just things I like or am interested in.  I have a board for my doll clothing patterns too.

I joined Instagram this fall because my son's teacher was sharing photos from their class on there.  I started following Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet because I like her quilts and I think she is a marketing genius!!  From there I discovered quilt swaps and signed up for a few.  Right now there are only quilt pictures and things related to swaps on there.  You won't ever see faces since my account is public and I'm not a selfie fan.  (Well, maybe if infants could take selfies I'd be a fan of those.  Everyone else, sorry.)

Civil War Quilt Block 11

2023 update: I no longer have this pattern. It is still commercially available from the designer. Please do not ask me for the pattern; please go honor the creator and purchase a legal copy.

I finally started working on the Civil War block of the month quilt again.  I last worked on it last fall, when I got frustrated with my inability to get block 10 to fit correctly and gave up.  I still haven't fixed block 10, but decided to get the rest done to psych myself up for it.

Block 11 is called Mrs. Cleveland's Choice.  I really loved the unusual color combination of this block.  These blocks took FOREVER!  Especially when I discovered I sewed eight of the triangle units together with all the HSTs upside down!  But I got them done and I do really love how they turned out.

I totally love this block.