Quilt Quack 2

I'm so original when it comes to naming blog posts.

Since I already used "quilt quack", I decided that it could become a regular thing.

I guess a lot of my posts revolve around ducks and quilting.

Go figure.

I read a lot of quilting blogs.

Sometimes they make a post with secret sewing.

It drives me crazy for them to talk about some awesome

quilt they're working on and then not even show it.
Now I know why they do it.

I'm about to do the same thing.

Like those other bloggers, I'm excited about this quilt and just want to share.
But I can't. It would ruin a surprise.

Actually it's not one, but two quilts with the same pattern.

I absolutely adore the fabrics and the pattern.

Don't worry, I'm taking lots of pictures along the way.

When I am ready I'll post all about it.

Until then, it's a few teaser pics and a couple of other quilt blocks I can show...

along with some duck news too.

Yes, this is the back side of the blocks.

I have about half of the 15 blocks needed for one of the quilts.

This is part of one of the blocks.

It has two different blocks that make the pattern.

When I get the first set of blocks done I'll tackle the second set.

This is a scrappy log cabin block.

By themselves they're not the prettiest, but in a whole

quilt with a bunch of others they look great.

I'm making these as I work on my secret quilt.

It's a technique called "leaders and enders".

So dubbed by a quilter because you start and end each sewing with one

of these instead of having long thread ends when you start and stop.

If you sew, you know what I'm talking about (I hope).

Since I'm not a seamstress I have no idea what it's called.

I will leave this block in my sewing machine until I'm ready to start sewing again.

This wastes less thread and you get bonus quilt blocks in the process!

Eventually I'll have enough of these bonus blocks to make a quilt.

It may take a while though.

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The little runners having bath time.

We've acquired another duck (the one on the right).
We were actually his original owners.
My in-laws took him with the intent to butcher him.
They ended up keeping him as a pet on the other end of the farm.
Well, he kind of got himself in trouble by harassing and wounding chickens.
He showed up at our place today.
They didn't "dump" him.
It was more or less a conspiracy of Pa and Nolan to
see how long it would take us to notice the extra duck.
It took me thirty minutes.
So I jokingly said that I'd give him our rooster for the duck.
Now Ra, our last rooster, is going down on the farm tonight.
:)
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And on a totally unrelated topic, I may post fewer than usual posts in the next several weeks.
I will be making a trip to Texas for the trial of the man who murdered my dad.
I'll be gone for one week.
Then I'll be home a week and leave the next week for camp.
That makes for a busy July.
Which leads to August when school starts.
So much for a summer break.
We need a vacation...