I've been wanting to make a sampler quilt for sometime now. I have The Farmer's Wife book and I've made about a dozen of those blocks. Dear Jane is quite amazing, but.....perhaps they all look a bit similar to each other? I wanted to choose my own blocks but I was lacking a theme.
Last month I discovered that March 14 was Pi Day. Pi is the mathematical number to measure circles, 3.14 and so on, so the 14th day of the 3rd month is Pi Day. I thought I would make a block and searched in EQ7 for something appropriate.
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| 14 March - Pi Day |
The pattern is Key Lime Pie, so I used a lime print and managed a 4, 3 and 1 as well. I made a few more blocks in March.
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| 17 March - St. Patrick's Day |
Easy - Single Irish Chain and shamrocks.
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| 21 March - Autumn Equinox |
Autumn for us in the Southern Hemisphere, that is. I added the selvedge from the background fabric with the words 'Changing Seasons'. It was a bit challenging - seven squares in six inches.
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| 19 March - Seppitag - St. Joseph's Day |
St. Joseph's Day is a public holiday in Stans, Switzerland where I visited in 2011. The pattern is Joseph's coat, and I used carpenter's tools and masculine colours.
So, my I Spy Special Days has begun. If I make one block a week, four a month, it will only take me seven years to get all the blocks. It would also be enormous. I can worry about that in 2020.
