Who knew, Nancy Drew?

Hop is OVER. Winner is chosen: Shauna. Thanks to ALL for your lovely, wonderful comments!

Blog Hopping today with other Nancy Drew fans, organized by Madame Samm and Carol of "Just Let Me Quilt" (hey, that's what I like to say, too). A BIG thank you, ladies, for all the work behind the scenes. We love you!

First, I went shopping before the hopping. Quilt Taffy to the rescue! These are 5" squares. I really had no CLUE what to do, honest. I always wait until the fabric speaks to me. And I wasn't disappointed.

Do you think Nancy looks worried that I might not come up with a plan?

Where the heck am I going?

I have been featuring blocks from my new book, Paper Piecing Perfect Points, and realized that one of the blocks has these Flying Geese spinning in a circle. I use an over-sized cutting template to cut the "geese" patches (so as to save on fabric, but also retain the angle for precision in my piecing). Well, sha-zam - I can get two patches from one 5" square. Do you think the fabric gods were looking after me?

Triangles for the geese; rectangles for the sky. Ready to go!

Quick Question: Where am I? You can see I'm trimming my patches in my messy studio.

Paper pieced 8 units for a perfect circle. But what to put in the center? If you look at my book photo, you can see I put a toile in the center. Then I looked through my book to see if maybe, maybe I have another block that might fit the 16" hole. I did!

Geese rings with a giant 16" hole!

In the center of the ring I have fabrics from Windham: .Com Collection of dots; brights from Spin; and a black with mini-dots from their Brights Basics Collections.

 What does that block look like? Sunflower Blossoms:

Sunflower Blossoms from Paper Piecing Perfect Points

Here is that block (I had to trim the four-block unit to a circle, but you get it, I'm sure:

Four blocks make the center and Nancy still looks worried.

Nancy Drew rendition of Toile Garden and Sunflower Blossoms: 24" x 24"

Toile Garden (Nancy Drew block in disguise)

 And just two more renditions of this Geese in a Circle block:

Dinosaurs caught in the middle!

Split Geese Ring (Who knew, Nancy Drew?)

 OK. If you're with me this far, I have a GIVEAWAY (don't I always on these hops?)
A set of 8 fat quarters from the Spin Collection by Windham. These are AWESOME colors!

8 fat quarters from the Spin Collection by Windham Fabrics

1. Leave me a comment telling me which of the Geese in a Circle quilts/blocks you like.
2. Deadline for comments is Sunday, March 10 at midnight.
3. Only those with visible emails are eligible (because I can't find you! Even Nancy Drew can't.)

Now, get hopping over to the other bloggers who are featuring their Nancy Drew projects:

 

Wednesday, March 6, 2013 

Michelle’s Romantic Tangle

Life in the Scrapatch

Debby Kratovil Quilts (you are here)

Selina Quilts

Meadowbrook

Hilltop House Creative Works

My Sister Made Me Do It

Whims and Fancies

Pieced Brain

Just Let Me Quilt