30 Blocks in 30 Days. . . .today is my day!

When I first saw the call for Carla's blog hop I wasn't going to do it. . . but then I started going through the blocks that she had come up with.  They started my mind working overtime. . . and I had to sign up!


Now, you will have to bear with me a little. . . . the stream of consciousness that I went through was really quite extraordinary, or well, I think it was! 


So, the block I chose, Possibility, (you can find Carla's original tutorial for it here)  reminded me of the pop beads we had played with as kids. 
(Please note: except for the picture of my quilt blocks below all pictures were found by doing an "image" search on the internet.  I just copied and pasted the pictures.  They are not mine but are probably copyrighted by others. Just to get the legal stuff out of the way.)
Here is a picture of some Fisher Price blocks. . . and these are the ones that I remembered:





Now, this was during the 1960's (yeah, I am showing my age!). . . . but then I started remembering other things from my child and teen years. . . . and that got me to

Which lead me to think about one of the characters, Huggy Bear, from the show

Now, for those of you not familiar with the show, Huggy Bear was a very extravagant character.  That lead me to another extravagant character:


Lafayette from the True Blood series.



Thinking about Lafayette and True Blood led me to think about vampires.  That led me back to the 1960's with:



I remember being so antsy on the school bus on the way home because I did not want to miss an episode! 


There was a character on the show, Carolyn Stoddard, that was a real "hip" chick:





And all of this lead me to thinking about beaded curtains, that were all the rage "back in the day":





And that thought is what led me to the design of my quilt. . . . . I took Possibility and tipped it on it's side, creating a diagonal set, and, viola!  A quilted beaded curtain!

I found this great fabric that looks like wooden boards for the borders of my quilt to really reinforce the curtain look.

I had all the fabrics in my stash (except for the borders). . . . I do not have any details on the exact lines or manufacturers, but the colored fabrics were both from charm packs that I had.  Since I do not usually purchase pre-cuts I must have gotten them as gifts or thank you's for some of the pattern testing that I have done over the years.


The colors just sent my mind back in time so I knew that the bright colors would be perfect for a fabric beaded curtain.


I haven't worked through all of the design decisions yet, but I am thinking that I may try some ruler work for the quilting.  But that means that I need to practice, practice, practice.
So, my quilt is not completed. . . but it is definitely a fun one.


Here is the full listing of the blocks and blogs that they are on:

Date

Project Designer

Block

April 1st	Creatin’ in the Sticks	Block 1- 4 Patch
April 2nd	Kwilty Pleasures Blog	Block 2 - Double Stuffed
April 3rd	Sew Incredibly Crazy	Block 3 - Baby in a Corner
April 4th	SBD Embroidery and Quilting	Block 4 - Dutch Door
April 5th	What About Rheema	Block 5 - Surrounded
April 6th	Quilted Delights	Block 6 - Tacked Up
April 7th	Joy Studio	Block 7 - Stripper
April 8th	Just Sew Quilter	Block 8 - Staggered
April 9th	Quiltscapes	Block 9 - Topsy Turvy
April 10th	beaquilter	Block 10 - Chunky Pinwheel
April 11th	Freemotion by the River	Block 11 - Painted WIndow
April 12th	krislovesfabric	Block 12 - Broken Cinder Block
April 13th	MooseStashQuilting	Block 13 - Reaction
April 14th	Quilts by Joanne	Block 14 - Median Strip
April 15th	Persimon Dreams	Block 15 - Center of Attention
April 16th	Needled Mom	Block 16 - Bounce
April 17th	Just Let Me Quilt	Block 17 - Sweet Sixteen
April 18th	Life in Scrapatch	Block 18 - Yeah Eights
April 19th	Quarter Inch Crafter	Block 19 - Weave
April 20th	Seams To Be Sew	Block 20 - Classic
April 21st	Just Let Me Quilt	Block 21 - Spot
April 22nd	Something Rosemade	Block 22 - Cross Walk
April 23rd	Thimblemouse and Spouse	Block 23 - Opposites Attract
April 24th	Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc.	Block 24 - Possibility
April 25th	Words & Stitches	Block 25 - Camper Window
April 26th	Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats	Block 26 - Catching Z's
April 27th	Selinaquilts	Block 27 - Broken Stripes
April 28th	QuiltFabrication	Block 28 - Stockade
April 29th	Lakeshore Stitches	Block 29 - Dovetail
April 30th	Creatin’ in the Sticks	Block 30 - Slow Tee

You should definitely go check all of these out. . . . every one was so creative in their designs!


In peace and pieces,


Sherry








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