BOM Tale~ revisited

First thank you all for your comments! I haven't had time to respond, but thought you would all be interested to know that I did write to Marsha McCloskey~ and she did write back! I just love it when designers find the time to do that!!  :-)

She told me that it was fine for me to use the star in my quilt as long as I labeled it giving her credit for the center star, which is her original design and is called Mexican Pinwheel.  She also said she loves it when people use her designs, she just isn't so happy when they rename her blocks and then take credit for them. Which I totally agree with!  Another thing I really like is how she handled the whole situation~ quietly letting the KC Star know it was her block, not a version of it, but exactly her block, with a different name.

The whole situation gives me lots of things to ponder, as copyright issues totally baffle me most of time. In this instance, it all makes perfect sense. :-)

This isn't the best photo, but I thought you'd like to see all my blocks so far~ I really like the red/white. The sashing is made up of loads of 1 inch HST's~ maybe I should start working ahead? ;-)

Thank you again for stopping by, for leaving such thoughtful comments and just for being here for me.
It means the world to me!

Happy weekend!
And happy stitchin'!

A Tale of a BOM~~

Many of you know that I am doing the red/white quilt that is published in the Kansas City Star newspaper the third Sunday of every month.  I was cruising right along making the blocks~ some of them, I didn't care for the way the designer assembled them, but that was ok, I just did it another way. It's my quilt, right?

Well. July's block created quite a stir! :-o  The pattern was for the large center star and the designer called it 'Cupid's Dart'. I got right to work! A feathered star! This star is the whole reason I decided to make this BOM~ I love feathered stars!!  :-)  I thought it would take me a while to do it~ and it did!  Then I heard the news that it was recalled~ see this article.  Uh-oh!  What to do, what to do. :-/  I was quite far into the block so I went to the library and got Marsha's book. The Mexican Pinwheel in her book is a 27.5 inch block. The paper published a 28.5 inch star. (which I already had cut out and started). 

So my question is, if I put it in my quilt and give Marsha McCloskey  credit on my label, is it ok to use it in my quilt?   After all this work, I kinda hate to leave it out?  What is the 'right' thing to do here?

Thanks for stopping by, I am looking fwd to hearing your replies!
Have a great weekend and
Happy Stitching!!

BOM Catch Up and Other Stuff

LOL, I feel like the White Rabbit~ 'I'm late, I'm late!!'  It seems like I am always a little behind lately. I hope I can get back to my regular blogging soon!

I've been sewing~ catching up on BOM's mostly~

The HGTV BOM June block~

These blocks will all have an alternate block between them. Everyone is keeping their alternate block a secret until the end of the year. :-)

The Kansas City Star BOM~

This is the May block. The June block will be published this weekend. The quilt has a large feathered star in the middle and I keep wondering when that one will show up. ;-) I'm not real crazy about this block and may re-do it. Of course, it doesn't help that my photo is blurry. :-o  The measurements and set in seams were a bugger~ I may re-draft it and try again.

Marry Merry Snowman by Bunny Hill; block 4~

I am doing this one as a sew along with some of the HGTV message board ladies. It is really cool to see all the different colors the ladies are using. I'm using up my Nancy Halvorsen fabrics and doing the applique in wool.  I am really loving working with the wool! :-)

I am also doing the Country Threads BOM, but only have the 6 inch one finished for this month, so stay tuned for that completion. LOL

It seems I am spending a lot of time outside lately. All my flower beds are weeded. Things are blooming and thriving, so I must be doing something right. I do not have a very green thumb, but I keep trying. ;-)

I hope you have been following along with the Clover & Violet 'Season By Hand' posts. The whole schedule is just below this post. My day is next week and I am working on that little project in the evenings. ;-)

That's all for now~
Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!!

Sewing BOM's

I am following a couple BOM's this year and trying hard to stay caught up! :-)

This is my April block for the HGTV BOM that I am co-hosting. It is called 'Housewife' and is from Quilter's Cache. 

This is the March block for the Kansas City Star BOM called 'Rubies, Diamonds, Garnets Too'.  The blocks come out in the third Sunday of the month House and Home section, so I have a few weeks before April's block. :-)  I am using up my scraps of red and whites for this one.

This is Country Thread's BOM for 2013.  It comes out the beginning of every month on their blog "Chicken Scratch"  I am not happy with my smaller block and am contemplating a re-do. The light has too big of grey splotches in it and they blend too much with the blue. I'm doing it in all my CW scraps, so I didn't have many choices for grey.

And this block isn't a BOM. :-) In my upcoming retreat pack there were 2 squares of fabric and they asked us to make a block. The squares they sent are the small printed musical notes in black on white and white on black. This will go into a block raffle. Although I made a block for the raffle, but I won't put my name in, I just like to contribute. ;-)

I hope you are having fun with your BOM's too!
Have a happy weekend!

Oops~ Forgot one!

LOL I am doing one more BOM this year. The Kansas City Star BOM that is in the newspaper.  Don't know how I could have forgotten it in the last post! :-o

This is the January and February blocks.  I am using up small stash pieces of my reds and white on white's for it.  :-)  You can get a glimpse of the quilt in the newspaper page~ it will have a feathered star in the center~ I can't wait to do that block! ;-)

Hope you are finding sewing time!