March Update a little late

Well as the title said, I am a little bit late on this post. Actually I am a little bit late on my CQJP March "block".

I got stuck on two very small seams on one of the arm panels and distracted by a seam I didn't like on the other arm and it took more than 2 weeks to get over it! Here's the completed piece and a couple more closeups.

Received a beautiful Pincushion from Nancy Fitzpatrick and the Pincushion Swap I mentioned in a previous post.

I am now participating in a Crazy Quilt "Round Robin" sponsored by Crazy Quilt Diva's. We are to make 6, 6.5 inch blocks in the color, style, and theme of our own choosing. The group I am participating with is 5 ladies around the world and our group name is She-nanigans! Each person in the group is supposed to select one of the blocks and 1/4 of another block, embellish, and send onto the next lady in the group. Then at the end of the process I should receive back my 6 blocks all beautifully decorated! Here are the blocks I sent off to New Zealand this week.

Pretty bright huh? Well I had a hard time deciding on color and theme etc. Then I came up with what I think is a great idea. I want these blocks to be a wall hanging for my mothers kitchen, probably for her pantry door. Mom's self proclaimed decorating style is French Country without the Chickens. Her kitchen is a soft butter yellow with cobalt glass accents, hence the yellow blocks. And I didn't want to send her a crafty project that I didn't work on, so I made an additional 3 blocks, 1 square and 2 triangles, to finish out the bottom of the wall hanging that I will stitch myself. Here's all the blocks.

I have received my first set of blocks from Lydia Talton of Iowa. Since this is the first month of the swap, I get first pick from all 6 of her lovely blocks and that is a tough decision! I will post picks when I finish stitching of course! And here are a couple tangles for you.