I decided that I would write one big long post to catch up, because I seem to have bunches of photos yet to post. I don’t want to say “oh 3 weeks ago, I made this and that.”
![Another view of the Tarts Another view of the Tarts](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/PICT5225sm-300x258.jpg)
Another idea for the curvy coffee pot embellishment. My mom told me that steam goes down first and I should put the hearts below the exit to the spout. I tried it, took a picture and above is the result. I prefer the other view, Fluttering Hearts, regardless of whether or not steamreally goes up or down. I think I am really getting sick of this obsessing about the Tarts. I got home from my week away, saw the Tarts on my design wall and just sighed. I thought to myself “oh brother, just make a decision about the &*(^%$ hearts and move on already!” Perhaps it is time to just applique’ the hearts on the curvy coffee pot and move on. Perhaps I will start on the back and that will give me renewed energy around this project?
![Mosaic Mirror #1 Mosaic Mirror #1](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/PICT5266sm1-282x300.jpg)
TFQ has these wonderful mirrors at her house. They are made by an artist named Kathe. I love the glass beads and blobs and shards she uses to create her designs.
![Mosaic Mirror #2 Mosaic Mirror #2](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/PICT5267sm1-149x300.jpg)
I like the sun at the top of the one above. Notice the two different color schemes?
![FOTY 2009 Blocks, Nov. 2009 FOTY 2009 Blocks, Nov. 2009](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/PICT5224sm1-197x300.jpg)
Above are the most recent FOTY blocks. I made them before I left on my travels. I have a month and a half to wash, press and cut pieces from my new fabrics. As I have mentioned, I want to be ready to make the FOTY 2009 at the CQFA retreat in January. I had better not buy anymore fabric. 😉
![3 Columns, Nov. 2009 3 Columns, Nov. 2009](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/PICT5221sm1-295x300.jpg)
Here is another Sorbet block. I made it in between trips. I call it 3 Columns, for obvious reasons. It may have another name. I don’t think it is really that easy to make up new blocks, but I also haven’t looked it up in Barbara Brackman’s block book. I will sometime. Let me know if you know the real name. I still have not looked at the fabrics again to see what other colors I need to add. I am limping along with this project.
![Green for Ornaments Green for Ornaments](https://artquiltmaker.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/PICT5220sm1-300x243.jpg)
I have been cutting green strips since about July as I press fabric. I have also been saving shards in order to make ornaments. I usually make a few every year, but don’t seem to have taken any photos to show you. I’ll have to put that on my list of things to do.