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 Another great day was spent at our Prayers and Squares group yesterday. Last week and then again yesterday we had a new lady join us. That puts us up to 12 local ladies now. What a blessing it is to all of us. Both of the new ladies are in the very beginning stages of their quilt making journeys, so we have designed a quilt where they can learn basic techniques and then have a finished donation quilt at the end. They seem to be enjoying themselves.
 These are Angela’s blocks, so far. Three Rail Fence blocks and Three ...

 It was another day yesterday at Prayers and Squares with lots accomplished, but not much that was picture worthy. Janet and Tammy are continuing with their quilt layering marathon. We had at least a dozen tops ready, perhaps more. I’ve lost count. We had such a prolific summer and fall making quilt tops. We now have a stack, also an unknown number, waiting to be quilted and another stack waiting to be bound. It is a wonderful ?problem? to have. I did get a picture of one of the quilt tops that were layered. They used the floral fabric ...

 I didn’t get too many pictures yesterday. I was pretty focused on finding the perfect fabrics to build loons with. I’m doing a variation of this block. It will have some pieced flying geese in the background. We have started the blocks for next year’s fund raiser. It will be a combination of Marie Noah blocks and McKenna Ryan designs for another Muskoka themed wildlife and countryside quilt. It takes a lot of sorting and a lot of digging in order to find the prefect fabric just right for a loon’s wing. However, I did get ...

 I’ve had to put my Card Shuffle quilt into pause while I wait for the next delivery of the Kona Solids subscription I’m in to give a new variety of colour combinations. In the meantime on the weekend, I started a new project, to no one’s great surprise. This one is called Capistrano and is a design by Judy Martin found in her Stellar Quilts book. It has lots of construction challenges, from inset seams to partial seams. I love a challenge, so it’s lots of fun.

I’ll link up to Wednesday Wait Loss.