Mea Culpa
OK. I admit it. I hope I don't find a burning "Q" in my front yard. To all of you on fabric fasts and all of you ex - Country Stitches employees, I have strayed and signed up for the $6.00 quilt. There were 75 people at the first meeting - can you believe it? You get the first block for 6 bucks and as long as you bring the completed block in the next month, the next block kit is free. The idea is that you will also find something you can't live without when you come in to pick up your kit. So far I have spent an extra $3. I'm trying to hold my own on the impulse buying... 
Here is the February block #2. Of course it uses dark colors. What else would you expect? There was also a second, pastel floral choice but that didn't appeal to me at all.
Have you ever tried to get a poinsettia to "rebloom"? It takes so many hours of daylight, so many hours of darkness. So much heat, so much cold, etc. This little trooper is from Christmas 2008. He spent all summer on my sun porch and I brought him in a little too late, I thought. Apparently, whatever it is that I screwed up was just what he needed and I have been rewarded with a little tiny "bloom". (The flower of the poinsettia is actually its yellow center. The red “petals” surrounding those flowers are modified leaves, called bracts.) Smile for today.
OK. I admit it. I hope I don't find a burning "Q" in my front yard. To all of you on fabric fasts and all of you ex - Country Stitches employees, I have strayed and signed up for the $6.00 quilt. There were 75 people at the first meeting - can you believe it? You get the first block for 6 bucks and as long as you bring the completed block in the next month, the next block kit is free. The idea is that you will also find something you can't live without when you come in to pick up your kit. So far I have spent an extra $3. I'm trying to hold my own on the impulse buying...
Here is the February block #2. Of course it uses dark colors. What else would you expect? There was also a second, pastel floral choice but that didn't appeal to me at all.
Have you ever tried to get a poinsettia to "rebloom"? It takes so many hours of daylight, so many hours of darkness. So much heat, so much cold, etc. This little trooper is from Christmas 2008. He spent all summer on my sun porch and I brought him in a little too late, I thought. Apparently, whatever it is that I screwed up was just what he needed and I have been rewarded with a little tiny "bloom". (The flower of the poinsettia is actually its yellow center. The red “petals” surrounding those flowers are modified leaves, called bracts.) Smile for today.
3 comments:
I like your blocks --- will be interested in seeing them as they are produced month to month. I tried the poinsettia thing --- decided I didn't like being "slave" to a plant!
Carol, this was totally serendipitous. I am the LAST person to claim a green thumb.
I'm "growing" an amaryllis I was given for Xmas, and it is very close to blooming. For me (the houseplant-killer) this is close to a miracle. I don't think I could do a rebloom - wow - congrats!
How does the $6 quilt kit work? Do they give you the pieces already cut out? Or just a bag with pattern and fabric? What are the names of the block patterns? I like the blocks.
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