It was time for another quilt - - ! Motivated by the beautiful, abundance of fallen snowflakes during this winter season - - the beautiful drops of snowflakes impressed me to use it as a theme for a quilt piece. So, as I watched my ole friend Dick Clark count down New Year's Eve (on TV) my snowflake theme quilt top was begun.

However, this is not where my love for quilts began - - - Just the art of quilting has a heartfelt treasure that I shall never forget. I recall the evenings that as a child, my grandma would sit with us to watch TV - and she would piece her quilt top - - Somehow I was very intrigued as to the creativity of all of her quilts - - different patterns - - different materials - - different thread - even different size needles - - but when combined made such beautiful quilt tops. My grandma had this art so well established - - that she never pricked her finger on the needle - and most times could amazingly cut without a pattern. I recall sitting in the recliner w/my grandma and having her let me 'practice' peicing a quilt top. Oh, my stitches were so 'ugly'. At the time, making a quilt was beyond my fondest dreams. However, after enduring pricked fingers from the needles, and sewing 'wrong side' - - and other things that go along as one 'practices' peicing a quilt top, I believe I finally have picked up a little of the art of piecing a quilt. This is my 5th quilt top. Sometimes one of the family topic of conversations will revert back to my grandma and her beautiful quilts that my Grandma so graciously gave to us. I hope in time to come, someone will enjoy the beauty of my quilts.

This is the quilt top I'm currently piecing - -Look closely to see the snowflake images!

After cutting all the tiny squares, the 9-piece block pattern began !




This quilt will have 49 blocks with 9 pieces each. This is in addition to the solid colored block that will rest between each 9-piece block.

Trust me when I say - 'that's a lot of cutting !"






Next, I enthusiastically begin to piece the rows together - I can now see progress! It's a little "un-even", but as a 'quiltor' - I can fix that!



Seven 9-piece blocks per row - - with a solid blue in between each block - Total of 12 blocks per each 7 rows.
That's a lot of blocks!

After piecing the 7 rows, a solid, narrow strip is inserted between each row. This makes the quilt 'wider'

This is 1/2 finished - I've pieced together the rows and the inserted strip

The back side of the quilt will be the medium - darker color blue.

It's coming along -- - It's getting bigger. The blue gives it a soft, comfortable effect. The medium - darker blue for the back side will enhance the overall color of the piece quilt top.

I must get this complete - so I can begin 'work in my yard'