testing, testing....

i apologize for my blogging absence. i've been pretty sick since friday. it did have one fun highlight- i spend all day sunday in bed with johnny depp and orlando bloom. the sci-fy channel ran all three Pirates of the Caribbean movies back to back TWICE! who says being sick is all that bad....

i was reading Cindy's blog, Hyacinth Quilt Design, and saw this post where she created a block that was inspired by a pillow on the cover of Martha Stewart's 'Living' magazine.

i immediately fell in love with the block and visions of quilts began to dance in my head. i started looking through my stash (remember i'm bashing that stash) and found these fabrics. it was a fat quarter pack i bought from Intown Quilters ages ago with a few of 'orphans' i've thrown in. i'm going to pair them with Kona Cotton Charcoal for my quilt. i'm going to use the 15" block measurements.

so here's my first 'test' block.......take a minute to savor the quilt-y goodness....

fabric therapy is way better than chicken noodle soup.

she needs a name for the block and i'd like to throw 'garden gate block' into the pile.



stay tuned.....



(i'm feeling much better....)