Quick, Easy, and Fun

I really enjoyed making the first block for the autumn leaves quilt from Quilter's World magazine. It was a very easy and fun block to make, using some of the same techniques as in the Farm Girl Sampler quilt. No cutting or working with triangles and bias edges--just squares and rectangles. But as you can see, the finished project does have triangles. They're made, however, by sewing two squares or a square and a rectangle together diagonally, then cutting them apart. It's one technique (the easiest, I think) for making half-square triangle squares. The only drawback is if you're making big half-square triangle squares, which these aren't, you will waste some fabric.

I'm putting this project aside now and not getting it back out until I have finished the Rainbow Hearts and the Farm Girl Sampler. It's going to be hard. I loved the feeling of autumn-on-the-way I got working with those fabrics. The temps here, as in much of the country, are oppressively hot. Near or past 100, with humidity like a sauna. My air conditioning system is really getting a workout--and so is my electricity bill, I'm sure.