Whirlwind # 9 (Val)

I made this block using freezer paper templates.  It was a pleasure to make such an easy block after some of the more challenging ones, good way to start the new year.
Photos taken by our now frozen pond...stay warm everyone!!

Block #9: Whirlwind -- Dedicated to Frances Perkins (Joan)

Frances Perkins was the first female to serve in a presidential cabinet, having been appointed Labor Secretary by FDR in 1933 and then also to the Civil Service Commission by President Truman in 1945.  A life-changing event for her was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NYC where 146 mostly young women seamstresses and other workers perished, leading her to champion better working conditions for women and children, and later the suffrage movement.  Ms. Perkins taught at Cornell University until her death in 1965 at age 85.   The US DOL building in DC is named for her.  What an inspiration!

I have now added navy as a sashing for my blocks.  May help me grow to like them!!!! Looking forward to #10...saving  #8 for last so I can use it to tie blocks together.

Happy 2014!!!!

Wow! Such beautiful blocks...I certainly need to get moving....Joan

Whirlwind #9 (Lynn)

Crickets are Good Luck AND a nice simple block to begin the New Year, what a gift!  Now I am on/ahead of schedule...at least for this month!!   Happy New Year to All, Lynn

Tulips #8 (Lynn)

Merry Christmas to all!!  I guess better late than never is a good motto for posting my December block.  I hope you all had a good holiday celebration.