I used to know how to do this...

My best pal Julie has asked for stars for a quilt for her 60th birthday. So I thought, I can do one of those.

Oops. Apparently I have forgotten a great deal. (LOL!) And yes, I did this for each of the four blocks. I had to rip out all four seams. I really did know how to do this once.

This is okay, but I used the wrong colors! Too funny!

Fortunately Julie always finds something to do with the orphans I send her.

This one is better. I hope Julie likes it!

Stars!

Gunny Mom suggested sunshine and Paula suggested stars. So I decided to use Belinda's little tutorial and make some mini stars.

These are only 3" tall, and I had a hard time with them, and now that I see them near the numbers, I think I can easily make them a little bit bigger.

Dot suggested pencils or crayons, which a coworker had also suggested, and that thought led me to the idea of spools of thread, which I like very much.

Derby and 3anklebiters, hold that thought about the punctuation marks. I've already got a plan for those, but not in this quilt.

I had always planned to have a cat on the right side of the house, in the empty spot below, so Magpie Sue and Maggie, you are on the right track.


I have finished my signature panel, and I like the idea of the yellow flower between the location and the date. And I've got more rows of "dots" planned to separate all the individual "panels."



Finally, please go visit Tanya. She's just finished a spectacular quilt with words, hearts, houses, Japanese kanji and original cat and dog free pieced blocks. It's filled with color, love and originality. It's a knockout!