Still plugging away...

...at all those old projects. A good share of my time was spent finishing up the applique for the center of my Our Home Sweet Home quilt from the Sep/Oct 2006 issue of Fon's & Porter's.  Here is the original quilt shown in the magazine.

And here is mine...so far.

I didn't care for the applique in the original design so I drafted my own.  I just love the applique design that I came up with. 

All the units for this 108" square quilt are completed and ready to be attached in rounds.  But I have another issue that needs to be dealt with first...the house.  What was I thinking?  It seemed like a good idea at the time.  But now that I look at it, its glaringly obvious that the house is too dark and blends into it's setting too much. 

To fix this problem and make the quilt even more individualized, I'm thinking about ripping out the house block and replacing it with a fancy star.  I don't plan to use the exact star block you see below.  It's just to give you...and myself...an idea of what it would look like.  Opinions?

While I was contemplating on the house vs. star dilemma  I managed to complete blocks minus 1 for these two quilts.  I hate it when I miscut.

The first one is made from charms. I know it's not real pretty to look at but I think after some sashing strips are added it'll look much better. Don't you think?

For the second one I used my Studio and Rob Peter to Pay Paul die to cut up a Tula Pink layer cake and some background. I'm thinking the blocks would look better on point.  Maybe have them on point surrounding a large applique of some sort?  As you can see I don't have a plan for them so they'll go back into the closet till I decide what to do with them.

Well hat's all I have to share today. 

Next up...the Blog Birthday/Follower giveaway thing.  I promise!