Stitchin' Friends: Schnibbles Reveille and Moda Blockhead catch up

Its a good day even if I am battling a cold and missed out on a shopping outing with three of my closest friends....well ok, I am having a little pity party. Hopefully tomorrow I will feel much better, as my husband, brother and his wife and I are going to Old Salem. I have always wanted to visit there at Christmas and looking forward to this trip for several weeks now.

Yesterday I started working on a baby quilt for one of the expectant mom's in our church. She is not finding out the baby's gender before delivery and I was in a quandary as to what kind of quilt to make. I finally just settled on a scrappy and decided to try a Schnibbles pattern for the first time. Its called Reveille and is in the book "Another Bite of Schnibbles".

I finished all the blocks last night and laid them out on my dining table. My blocks measure 7" square which is larger than they are supposed to measure according to the instructions (6 3/4")- guess I got a little too scant on my scant quarter inch seam. At least I was consistent and they all seem to line up ok. Laying out a scrappy quilt can be a challenge as I try hard not to have two colors the same touching. I used 53 different fabrics in these blocks and thought this would be a snap to arrange - wrong! I think I am going with this layout, although that bottom row does seem a little brown now that I look at the picture. Maybe move those blocks around a little....top right corner could use some brown. Funny when I look at the picture I see a row of 3 blue arrows pointing the same direction. Geez Louise, this is going to drive me nuts.

Moda Blockhead update. There are 40 blocks out now, and I have made 39 of them. This last block, #40 is a primitive bird on a huge branch. I just cant seem to wrap my mind around primitive and therefore this block has not been completed. Seems like I remember a pretty redbird on a branch in a Mimi Dietrich book I have, gonna look for it and maybe use that pattern.

Here are my most recent Moda Blockhead blocks.