Helen May's House and Bear Paw

I love the Bear Paw block. And of course I love the house! I'm hooked on all the different house blocks...if you followed me on Pinterest you'd see I have an entire board chock full of pictures of quilted houses!

I have a tiny WIP in solids that I need to get back to one of these days...I think the blocks finish around 6 or 6.5 (yes, it's been THAT long). Oh, but enough about ME...

Got these cuties in the mail today from Helen May who just relocated back to WA! Welcome back, HM!

I also received Brenda's House Blocks (they multiplied on the long trip from Canada, there are 5 now, eh!) and a HEAVY box from Lynne that is going to take some time to catalog, but I will say she sent 2 finished quilts, 4 tops, and some orphans and other items. Something to look forward to!

I stopped by my parents' house today and spray basted two quilts on their patio table...my Jewel Box top and Cindy's Framed 4 Patch (to which I added a button print border).

Now I'm ready to quilt on Friday!!!

Goodies from Cindy G!

Cindy G. sent me three great tops, all very different!!

This first one is 51 x 60" in true red and black with a great star theme. Many of the fabrics are bandana-like and I think I saw a skull or two in there! She was also sweet enough to send wide backing in red with black and white dots AND she made binding with the extra backing, woot!!! I almost want to keep it for myself, as these were my school colors ;)




Next we have a cute little  32 x 40" framed four patch top in pretty pastels. It's just adorable!




And last but not least, we have a HOT tropical looking star quilt that's 54 x 70" and also came with its own backing and binding strips cut out. Woot! Thank you VERY much for your thoughtful additions, Cindy!