"What happens when you build too many house blocks."

Hello,

Now sometimes I can get carried away with things. Melody  had a link to a table runner that had some little house blocks which remind me of those little huts on the beaches in some countries. I can't remember how many house blocks you needed for the runner but I went overboard.

 I raided the blue fabric box with a few other colours thrown in for good luck and contrast.

 As you can see I didn't make the table runner, it may have been a quilt for a while but then I decided I have enough of them.

 So now I have 9 place mats. Why nine not the usual amount for a set of place mats but you see I had thought if I did make the quilt 3 big blocks by 3 would make a good lap size quilt. Besides I will always have a clean place mat now. They measure 12.5 wide by 13.5 high.
This block was a good way to use up some of the fabric stash. For the backing I used a lovely pale blue gingham that I had purchased for the lovely sum of one dollar at Good Sammy's. There was nearly two metres of fabric in the length. So thank you to whoever donated that. Sometimes I can't believe how I find fabric for "later on" that is brand new and it fits in perfectly for the project I am working on. The binding fabric was some that a neighbour from our previous home gave to me. She used to own a patchwork shop so was the perfect neighbour to have.

"Gertrude Jekyll Rose"

 I picked this rose "Gertrude Jekyll' the other week,  a David Austin rose. Her long stem dictated she be in the vase by herself. It was a cloudy day so I took the photo out the front.

Today I had a play around on Picasa and used the Posterise setting to come up with this. Gosh you can have some fun with these types of Photo settings.

Would you believe that my next project will be a cover for a licorice. More will be revealed when I work out the pattern and get the supplies.

Happy days.
Bev C