Chen's block

I had a lot of fun with this block, and had barely any fabric left over:Chen sent all of the fabric except for the palest green polka dots. I'm a little sad I finished her April block in March-- though I'm pleased I'm staying on top of these. I finally finished something while it was still light outside (this was taken on my front porch), so the reason it's not lying flat is because the wind was picking up. I spent quite a bit of time paper piecing, but it was so worth it. The flowers in the log cabins seemed like an obvious choice for the fabric.

There's no way I could ever have the patience to make an entire quilt out of this one block, but that's one of the reasons why I like these virtual quilting bees: they give me an excuse to spend a lot of time making something more complicated than I would ever attempt for myself.

Mom update: She LOVES it (emphasis hers).

AQB2--April

Here's the fabric Chen sent me to play with for April:I got so fed up with my terrible photography skills, I decided to go ahead and visit the Free Spirit website and copy their images. Much prettier.
These are from the "Barefoot Roses" line which is really very sweet. She also sent the sweetest pale pink gingham that I'm not able to find online. There's just the tiniest bit of shimmer in it, and it's so soft and gorgeous. Chen likes Shabby Chic... I might just have to break out and make some triangles. It seems that there haven't been too many so far for both of my quilting bees.
She is extra nice for sending me a spiderweb template last month, which helped out for the 2 spiderweb blocks I had to make. I don't quite know what I'm going to do with these fabrics just yet, but hopefully I'll make something interesting.

I have another quilt top done, and the back is nearly finished for my fitness friend, Patricia. Once I make peace with my camera (or enlist my husband) I'll post pictures soon.