Euro Siblings Together Bee, Miss July

Siblings Together is a charity close to my heart as I've seen how important it is to keep in touch with your own brother(s) and/or sister(s) when you 're in foster care.

It's my turn this month in our Bee, thus Miss July, and I have had this block in mind for quite some time. (I thought I had all measurements right for I'd already made a block some time ago. It was probably too long ago because I had it wrong.)

Here's my block (with the correct measurements) :

Here's how I put it together. First I cut all my fabrics

and then I started sewing the 5" squares of neutrals + greens and neutrals + reds together.

Putting two 5" squares right sides together and sewing on the green lines, which is a quarter inch from the diagonal line. Here's a tutorial on YouTube if I'm not thorough enough.

Press the seam first and then iron the seam towards the dark side.

Square all of them up to 3.5" as shown (there's a 45 degree  line on your ruler too, use it).

Then I laid out my block to it can easily be sewn together in rows.

Tadaaa!

18" x 18"

I haven't got a clue where this block came from. I'd like to say I thought of it, but it's far more likely that I've seen it somewhere or something that looked like it. Perhaps it already has a name?

For now this one will get 11 siblings and then it'll go to the charity Siblings Together, based in London.

Packed with info!

Last year around this time I went to Sweden for a short holiday: snow everywhere and -19 C at night. Wonderful sauna weather, because it took only 15 minutes to cool down (outside of course).

It was just before we left (my friend & I) that I started this blog.

Tomorrow will be my blogging birthday and I'll be having a giveaway, so come back tomorrow! (sneak peak >>)


My Christmas quilt is nearly finished!

The next one will be one for my Danish friend Annie which is a copy of this quilt by Amandajean

Hope mine will be as beautiful.

I still have (a bit of) time before it's Christmas, don't I?

Too close to Chrismas to send it?

Then I'll have to bring it: Copenhagen, here I come!

I've read some blogs about that date in June for Fat Quarterly: would be nice to go to!
Would also be nice to meet other bloggers as Leila is tempted to go too.



Yes, I will defenitely have to save that date and I'll start saving money now (I wish)!

Every now and then I read about virtual bees and I'd like to join one.
How do I do it?
Well there's a list to choose from so if you'd like to join a bee too next year, here's a list of the ones in Flickr (thanks to Lee).
I joined this swap for a starter because I really loved the scrappyness of Leila's quilt:

Love those summery shoes

And especially for you (!) I've updated my (profile) picture.
The hair's short and grey, but the fun's still in the same amounts!!

Deleting blogs worked thanks to Laura's advice, see her comment in my last post.
(OMG she's got two blogs; how does she do it!)
So now I've more time for sewing and deleted 45 from my 80+ blogs!
 
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As you might have noticed: this post is absolutely stashed with links, so it's no wonder that today I'll be linking up with Lynne!