Thorny roses
Okay ... 14 blocks in ... and there are some I just don't like. Here they are up on the wall. I've been so determined to use up scraps, that I think I have just lost the plot with at least 4 ugly blocks. And here I was rubbing my hands together thinking, "Only 10 more hours to piece two more 'roses' before I start appliqueing the centres!" Disgruntled, I decided I needed a break. I'm so grateful to Audrey at ( Quilty Folk ) for posting tutorials on how she hand quilts her beautiful work. I am thinking of hand quilting the roses quilt, but need to practice on something small first. I remembered starting a Quilt-As-You-Go project about 13 years ago. There have been 3 house moves since I started making the blocks. Now, where could they be? I went hunting for them. Found them (and you guessed it) found several other forgotten fabrics in various boxes during the hunt. Some fabrics were picked out for an idea for a long-forgotten bear paw quilt that I als