Pam's 10-Minute Blocks

It's no April fools joke, I'm back! First post in 2 months, whew!

I post pics of quilts on Facebook as I'm working on them but have neglected by poor blog. I'm probably just talking to myself now, but oh well.

Here is a quilt that Pam made using the 10-minute block technique.

She just wanted simple quilting with the exception of the block centers. I almost caught the sunlight just right to show the quilting in those centers

You can see the center design pretty well on the back:

Peggy's 10-Minute Blocks

Peggy and her co-workers made this beautiful quilt using a 10-minute block pattern. It sure looks like it took them more than 10 minutes per block. Her colors and layout came from Kathy's blog Tamarack Shack.
I quilted it the same as Kathy's quilt and I hope it's OK, since I'm giving her credit for the quilting ideas.

A simple meander in the background, a feather motif in the triangles, and spineless feathers in the border.

And the back:

 They will be selling tickets to win this beautiful lap-size quilt to support the Community Cancer Network.

Karen's 10-Minute Block Quilt

My next door neighbor for 30-some years has cancer. Her family and employees of Alcoa, Lafayette have been working on the inside of her home, much like Extreme Home Makeover. She got a new kitchen, 2 new baths, and new flooring in most of the house. She was able to return home yesterday and after giving her time to settle in, I went next door and gave her this quilt. Her favorite color is purple and she actually has lavendar trim on her house. She was thrilled and layed it over the back of her black leather sofa.



The blocks in this quilt really are 10-minute ones. Each of the 12 blocks was made with five 9.25" squares.



The quilting is a ribbon meander with a little flower in the center of the blocks.


Hobbs 80/20 batting and Permacore orchid thread.