The book Pine Needles chose for the shop hop was Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman. It’s the only one of these books I haven’t read. So of course I ordered a copy as soon we got back home, and I’m waiting for it to arrive in the mail. Pine Needles is another one of my personal favorites. Last autumn, Better Homes and Gardens’ Quilt Sampler featured this West Jordan store in their Ultimate Shop Hop. The article mentioned that the owner, Sandra Workman, used to work for a group of physicians. She was at a time management seminar that asked among other things, “If you could be doing anything, what would you be doing?” Her answer was to quit her job and open a store that would allow her creative juices to flow. Most people just dream of doing things like this, but she actually did it.
I am amazed at the difference in the difficulty of these shop hop blocks. This one is very challenging. Dorothy's hour glass was really a beginner block.
ReplyDeleteThis one WAS a pain, mostly because the angles weren't just 90 or 45 degrees. I toyed with the idea of redesigning it so they would be, but then I decided to make it bigger instead. It was supposed to be a 9" block, but I figured it would be a little more forgiving at 12". I shrank Dorothy's Hourglass down to 6", because I could.
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