I wonder what Her Puzzle was? (Old Maid's Puzzle #38)

I wonder what her puzzle was. I can't help but wonder if she was feeling a little down or depressed because of her marital status, doomed to a life of singleness. Maybe her life had no meaning or purpose maybe she always wanted to be a wife and mother, but couldn't. Maybe it's something different all together. Perhaps it was circumstances that left her not know what to do-  a close friend's death or some financial crisis. Who know really?. As I was doing some research I could not find a lot of information on the history of the block or the name behind it.  It seems to be a older pattern. It's a good one  for beginners. Here is the one that I did. I carried on the pink/red theme in this one. As you can see my seams are slightly off. I just didn't have the energy to redo them to make them match up.

 Bright pinks this time!

For whatever reason I love fabrics with birds. I just love this fabric with these lovebirds on them.

I like the greens sashing in this antique quilt. There are a bunch of other example of old Maid's puzzle. Just click on the picture for the website link. 

Here is a lovely two tone quilt.

Another vintage looking quilt. I like these block set on point.

 

 

The coloring on this quilt from the 1880s is quite wonderful. It  has American Indian/ southwest pattern look to it.

 Here's one more I promise it's the last one.  All these quilts are getting me inspired.

Also a friendly reminder to  read and abide by the terms and conditions of use on the pattern links. Thank y'all.

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Another lovely day (Cross Upon Cross #37)

 Today is such a lovely day, warm but still cool and windy. A perfect fall day in my opinion. Since October has come, fall  is very quickly hastening on, and leaves are dropping their leaves rather quickly.  I am really enjoying the breeze that comes in the window as I was sewing today. My sewing machine sits right in front of the upstairs bedroom window over looking the street below.  Sometimes I get visitors, like a little bird perching on the window curious what  the hum of the machine is. Today's visitor is a large fly, which was rather annoying as it was flying about the room. He is not welcomed.  On other days this summer I watched dragon flies fly around and squirrels flying  chasing each other across the street. And still other days I watch storm clouds roll in from the norther. If I was ever to move I think I would  defiantly place my sewing machine in front of the window.    I never know what I might see out my window.

Today I have moved on to page three of quilt pattern from Quilter's Cache.  (Special Thanks to Marcia Hohn, the owner of the website.) There are approximately 60 pages with 24 different blocks each, that at least 1440+ patterns.  If I did one a day faithfully it would take 1440 days or almost 4+ year. Whew... I have a long way to go to make up all these quilt patterns. and that's quilt a lot of quilts too! :o)  Today's block is a 15 inch block  called Cross upon Cross. I really like the look of this block. Just 4 of these and some borders would make a very lovely baby quilt. It seemed rather simple however it was a little on the fussy side. Let's just say my seam ripper came in  very handy use.  But eventually I got it right.  And it looks very christmasy! I'm  taking a break from my 12 inch pink/red block. Please excuse the little threads everywhere...   

This almost looks like snow falling. I like alternating colors on this quilt (which I DID NOT make, click the picture for the link)