Thursday, March 12, 2009

Sugar Maple Quilt Block

The last few weeks my husband has been collecting sap from five sugar maple trees in our yard, then boiling the sap to make maple syrup. This is his second year as maple syrup maker - so I was excited to find a "maple leaf" quilt block while looking through a book of traditional quilt block patterns. It's shape didn't have as many points as a sugar maple leaf - so I tweaked it a little. I am planning to make something small - maybe a small quilt with just four of these blocks - large enough to keep a stuffed animal cozy. To be continued...

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  1. would love-love-love to use this block for donations to Quilts of Valor - Canada ... please?!?!?!
    Liz / Calgary

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    1. Hi Liz. Sure. I would love to see what is made. Do you have a blog or website?

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    2. not as such, I use Flickr ... might take me a day or week or month!!
      Thanks bunches!!!!!!!

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    3. here's my first "test" block - done at 6" (I re-drafted it into EQ7 to see what would happen!)
      [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i93/Lizzerd38/Liz92B_SugarMpaleLeaf.jpg[/IMG]

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  2. here's the first _real_ block:
    [IMG]http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i93/Lizzerd38/1stMapleLeafBlock.jpg[/IMG]

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