350 blocks - early January count

Today in the Ikea lamp spot light -

all of my January blocks

for the 350 blocks project:

* 2 big Swoon blocks

* 3 Hip to be Square Red/White blocks

* 19 Grand Illusion border blocks

for a grand total of 24!

The January goal was 20 blocks, 

and I made it!!!

Thanks so much to Prairie Moon Quilts:

none of these would have been made

without your 350 Blocks Project!

Sew on,

Barb

Design Wall Monday

Somehow through a link

on Judy's stash report

I came across the

  350 Blocks Project.

What a neat idea:

join and sew blocks,

for a total of 350 a year,

Goal for January is 20.

Sounds more doable for me

than committing to full tops

or completed quilts.

So I signed up with Shelly

at Prairie Moon Quilts - 

and selected my blocks.

First off:

Swoon block # 3,

a long ago UFO

that lingered due to a

major cutting operator error...

Had to add some additional seams,

but I finished 1 new block!

Next up I had seen Pat Sloan's

Hip to be Square challenge,

Before: 

It used up some scraps

and no longer loved white fabric.

After: I got one 8 x 8 block done -

The single square size is 2 1/2 inch.

And lastly my real project Grand Illusion,

now working on the border.

Before:

After: 6 blocks completed.

Yeah - a total of 8 blocks

for the 20 blocks in January challenge.

Not quite there yet,

but am committed to sew 

more GI border blocks

to hit the goal.

Linking up to 

Judy's Design Wall Monday,

what's on your wall?

Barb