Here we are in the new  year! Hope your quilty journey is going smoothly!

I started a new group on Facebook so I could post my tutorials and get people involved. It is called Rhonda's Shortcuts if you'd like to join us. I am posting projects you can do and sharing lots of tips and ideas I hope will help other quilters.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1834162833463943/

Lots of colds and flu going around in our area. Thankfully we haven't had much snow. so far the ice and snow have been minimal

I have been learning to improve my pattern writing skills and will share those quilt patterns with you soon. I am a member of the Life's a Quilt group on Facebook and I started a BOM last Sept.
I will be making those available here soon also.

So keep warm and keep quilting!! Wishing you Sunshine and Laughter to keep you warm and cozy!!  Rhonda

Mouse

Merry Christmas everyone!

  here is a cute little snuggly mouse I found. I thought you might enjoy him in his cozy little bed.

   

I will be posting a new tute on my website soon. It is a new tute to the site but not a new idea. I've made Dresden Kaleidoscopes for over 30 years and they are still as exciting as when I first learned to make them.

A Dresden Kaleidoscope is a Dresden pattern but the blades are fussy cut to give the Kaleidoscope look. I love them! They are alot of fun to make.

Here are a few of my favorites I've made

     

And here you can see some of the fabrics that work the best for making these. You need a design or print that has a lot of interest and doesn't have alot of bare spaces. You also need to have at least 3 repeats in a quarter yard. One yard will give you about 6 Dresden Kaleidoscopes. If you pick a fabric that doesn't have at least 3 repeats per quarter yard then you just need to buy more of your fabric so you have enough repeats.

April BOM 2016

April BOM  an original by Rhonda Woodsmall

      this month we are using my 4 patch squares and HSTs

And here is the layout picture

You can see each individual block(unit)

and how they are turned. Pay attention also to the

colors in each block and where the colors go.

Here you can see some quilt suggestions

using this quilt block. the only thing

I've done is change colors to get other looks

Quilt 1

Quilt 2

Quilt 3