More squares, more patches, another quilt. Take a good look at the texture created with the tiny specs of gold and mottled color. This really is such a clever way to make a blender! If you click the link for Uncorked , you will find several FREE patterns to make! But, let's see one of my quilts made using some blues. Disappearing Dresdens 18 degree dresden ruler and Uncorked I still teach my Modern Vortex workshop and I made some blades using the blue and light grey in Uncorked. But I ran out of the blue (sort of - another story)  and decided to take a cue from a few other quilts that feature parts of a block "disappearing." Click that link ( Disappearing Dresdens ) and you'll see a few steps to this quilt. It's almost a magic trick, but much easier! Yes, that's another border using fat quarters. I've done this so often that I almost prefer it to a slab of a single fabric. Why not try it yourself?

 It's June 25 and our month is almost gone! The block today in my new Block a Day Calendar is the Scrappy Puss in the Corner. Here's how it appears: Scrappy Puss in the Corner: 12" My friend Barb R. used the Watermark Collection by Windham Fabrics. (It reminds me of the blender collection called Bedrock .) Two other Calendar Girls are using the Watermark Collection: Karen B and Linda D. Here are their fabrics: Linda's Watermark fabrics mixed with Insectarium Karen's Watermark fabrics (in back) with her Insectarium Watermark doesn't even come to your local quilt shops until August; this is just to tempt you and have you put the fabrics on your "to buy" list! But here's a look at all the luscious colors. They are blenders with some definite personality! 30 skus of Watermark Finally, here's Barb R.'s block, the Scrappy Puss in the Corner. I really like her pink and green choices and there is good contrast so it's easy to see the simpl...