Monday, July 21, 2025

Stars of Peace block #6

 Welcome back for block 6, "Neighborhood".

I know this is a variation on a block,
but at this writing, I can't find my
notes on which block.
I do know that when I was 
done reworking it, it reminded
me of a neighborhood with homes
in the middle and the 
protective 'fence' line.

It reminded me of my childhood
when the neighborhood was all I needed! 
My first neighborhood memories are 
of when I was 4/5 years old in New York. 
We lived in military housing.
My friends were there 
along with the playground we 
spent hours at making up
all sorts of imaginary games.
There were woods surrounding the
housing that we were NOT supposed to 
go into....You know how that goes:)
We would sneak in there when the 
bushes were full of wild blueberries and
gorge ourselves thinking our parents
would never know. HA
Every child should experience
that at least once:)
Look at that repeat of 4....
I am excited that any
of the blocks in this
quilt make a great quilt
on their own once repeated.

Change the color
and rotate 2 blocks
for inner squares that
point out.

And, please show me pics of
what you do with some of the blocks!










Botanical Beauty block #6

Welcome to block #6 of the 
Sester Centennial quilt along.

This photo is of the original block
found on a circa 1860 quilt I own.
It is part of


I redrafted it smaller as part of 

In the WLL sampler I named it 
apple block.
In the BB sampler I named it
tomato.

In my original studies of this design,
I found that it could go either way but
felt it looked more tomato.
The history of the tomato plant is quite 
interesting and if you want to read more,
go HERE. Thankfully it isn't poisonous
as initially thought and ours are 
growing great right now.
Are you growing any yourself?

Barbara Brackman wrote THIS
about tomato designs although
I know that design as a love apple:)

HERE is the original post about
the block in my WLL sampler.

Enjoy reading a little quilt history
in between stitching this sweet block.