We have reached the halfway point! Block 50 was just released!
I am thankful it was a pieced block. I have been doing the applique and embroidery, but I’m just happy that the midway point was something I love.
Speaking of applique, a pin cushion. This time, I used monofilament and a very small zigzag stitch on the machine. I even made the pin heads using a heart pattern on my sewing machine.
More piecing, I love these colors! Need to use this kind of combination more.
Embroidery/applique, I changed this block out, I called it: oops the spools fell over. The original had the spools in a row with more embroidery – too fussy for me, so I simplified.
This one really tickled many people’s fancy. I have never gotten this many likes on the Facebook page, usually, I’m at around 50-90. 
There was a block with a squirrel, blech, so I went to my Sizzix dies and simply made this fox. Nothing original about him, but I’ve used him often and prefer him to the squirrel.
The past week or two have been a lot of appliques, this was supposed to be neater, but all those fiddley pieces, I just threw it together as is. Not a favorite, but will probably find it’s way into the final quilt.
Now you can laugh at me. This was a simple foundation pieced block. It just looked so plain! (says the person who complains about the over designed blocks). It also looked like an old-fashioned crazy quilt. So I didn’t use interesting fabrics, like lace, or velvet, but I did add the embroidery. See, even I can embellish!
I think the instructions called for machine or fancy hand applique, I decided to try my hand at needle turn, something I clearly need more experience doing. A Hawaiian Style quilt is in my future plans.
Big new! I ordered and received a portable design wall from Massdrop. It is portable, but it’s not something I will be taking down daily. It is also, large, 72″ x 72″, no room for it in my very messy studio, so it is upstairs in the spare bedroom, I figure this will give me more exercise going up and down the stairs.
There really is a difference when the blocks are placed on a wall and not on the floor. This is only half the block and it’s already quite large, I will be using some kind of sashing, that decision will be made at the end. 
It also gives me a chance to see what fabrics I want to repeat and what color schemes work well.
The purple embroidered block will probably have to go. This was my own creation, probably instead of a bunny. It is simply too dark and reads as a solid from just a few feet away. I never said I was a great designer, I can make mistakes too.
Onward to the second half! At this point, I think this will be big enough to my bed. Can you believe, with all the quilts I’ve made, I don’t have one of my own quilts on my bed.
Leah