End of the Week

Well, here it is, the end of another week and the beginning of a new month. I told you before that we were planning a trip to Disney World for December to celebrate our 35th anniversary. I had planned to make a signature quilt, and had planned to use my embroidery machine to make those blocks. Last Saturday, I got out the machine and all the stuff to go with it. Plugged in a card, and OH NO, it wouldn't read the card. Tried another card -- Same result. I don't know why - maybe I had them close to a magnet, but I didn't think so. So, after steaming, pounding the table and being just plain mad, I started to think of another alternative. DD Mary said that my appliqued character quilts are special, and so why not do an applique block for the characters to sign. I decided to do only head shots, as they would be less complicated. So far I have a list of 44, and hoping to make 48. Block are 6-1/2" square, and I hope to add a border to each block to keep characters from signing into the seam allowance.

Here are the first four blocks that are nearly finished. I'm starting to look for Disney fabrics online to make my borders with. I have Toy Story, Lion King, Pooh and I have a Princess fabric. If you have any Disney FQ's that you would like to swap, let me know. Have a great weekend.