Boys' Nonsense

My husband and I raised three boys, so we’ve seen our fair share of nonsense. One of our sons was particularly creative about getting into trouble. He once tried to carve his own bedpost into a totem pole. He lit matches under his desk to watch the enamel burn. He split his head open trying to swing like Tarzan from the shower curtain. We love him dearly, but for years we’ve been on the edges of our seats waiting to see what he’ll decide to do next. Today’s block, Boys’ Nonsense, was published in the first catalogue of quilt block patterns, The Ladies Art Company. It looks much more complicated than it is: a nine-patch block with four half square triangles in the corners, four quarter square triangles making up the sides, and one solid square in the middle. Mine is a 9" block, with Darlene Zimmerman's Clothesline Club 30's prints and a Kona Snow background.