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Friday, April 15, 2011

Wonky Tonk Chateaus

(Ok.  That turned out to be a cute title.  I'll have to make a quilt to go with the name!)

Phew....   Free-piecing is a mind bender if you aren't used to it!  Here I've been struggling to get my seam allowances more accurate and then I had to go and throw it all out the window.  I'm sure I broke all the rules here....even Tonya's!  I suspect reading the Unruly Basics first probably would have been a good idea.  :-D

Do you think I need to add a bit of snow and sky to the left side of this one?  Or am I being to OCD?  LOL  I can't decide.  I have lots of Peanuts books, though I had no idea Snoopy's house in A Charlie Brown Christmas was blue until I went and looked it up.  Fun!  I've also hoarded a pile of Peanuts fabric I've never cut into.  Y'all should feel honored.  Tee hee.  ;-)


I have just this minute realized I could have continued the theme with a Great Pumpkin block.  Duh.  Anyway.... The blue in the Halloween chateau is from one of the first shirts I bought at a thrift shop years ago after I discovered Bonnie Hunter.  I have bins of them now but I've always especially liked this particular shirt.  I can't possibly tell you why!


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11 comments:

Amy said...

How dang cute!! I love the way you fussy cut the snoopy and tree.I might have to try to make a house too.

Diane said...

Such a great title for the post too! That really deserves a whole quilt of its own.

Tonya Ricucci said...

really fun! ditto what Diane said.

Judi said...

I'm looking forward to seeing that quilt. I love Peanuts!

PurplePickle said...

These are adorable. Great job.

MB in MI said...

like the way you work! great blocks! nice blog!! Happy sewing!

Nifty Quilts said...

Really fun. Love Snoopy and the pumpkins.

joe tulips said...

I love these blocks.

pjwould said...

What a great title!

Jennifer D said...

You are a genius! I love the snoopy one and I do think you should add sky to the left side.

The little jack o lanterns in the windows of the other one are super clever.

Carol E. said...

Love the snoopy house and tree!!