Medallion Progress

Here's a peek at the final border for my Columbus Medallion quilt. 

The block is called Corn and Beans. When set block to block, it resembles undulating waves. I will only put it on the top and bottom of the quilt, in order to increase length.

A great way to keep all those triangles organized is to arrange each block on a paper plate. I make notes, like measurements and cutting numbers, right on the plate. Then, I stack them. The pieces stay in place, the stacks take up very little room, and they’re easy to carry to the machine, once I’m ready to sew. 

When I’m finished with one project, I reuse the plates for the next one. Give it a try!

Got Milk?

All I Did Was…

All I did was ask for a gallon of milk--
not for something frivolous, like rain-scented air freshener,
or self indulgent, like chocolate truffles and a dozen roses,
or expensive, like filet mignon when it’s not on sale,
or embarrassing and personal, like panty shields and douche,
or unreasonable, like fresh blueberries in February!

When I saw you reading the flyer from the grocery store,
I didn’t ask you to stock the pantry,
or fill the freezer with meat,
or carry home 50 pound salt blocks for the water softener,
or find the best deal on plastic trash bags,
or search all over town for cardamom spice!

All I did was ask for a gallon of milk,
so the boys could eat cereal for breakfast!
What was it about my request that so annoyed you?
Was it something in my tone of voice,
or that we needed the milk today rather than tomorrow,
or that it was a task I couldn’t do myself,
or maybe it was just that I did the asking?

At any rate, we still need the milk!

© Diane Burdin, 2005

Little Quilters

I've been thinking about the new little quilter here and thought he might like to see what another little boy had fun making "once upon a time."


I use this little Froggy Nine Patch as my computer mousepad. My son made it when he was 7 years old. Sewing these nine little squares together on the machine was enough to satisfy any quilting aspirations he might have had. What does he recall from his brief foray into quiltmaking? The frog stitch. That's what you do when you "rip-it."

Medallion 7

Medallion 6

Medallion 5

Medallion 4