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Not really, but I always feel special when something I do ends up on somebody else’s blog.

A while back I blogged about a block I sent in to the Jolly Jabber Block Lottery.  I sent it in a while back. Today I was catching up on all my blogs in Google Reader after the weekend in Chicago (which I’ll blog about later once I get photos from my girlies).  I got to FatQuarterShop.com’s Jolly Jabber Blog and saw my name was mentioned! They were updating on the block lottery and picked a few blocks that had been sent in so far.  I’m not sure if they only had a few to choose from so mine was chosen or if they just really liked it…either way, I was kind of excited!

(here’s the block for reference)

Okay…so I found the group on flickr. They don’t have a lot just yet, but mine is clearly one of the cooler ones.

Check out the original blog post on FatQuarterShop.

Did I mention I sent in my first official block?  I’ve only made quilt tops out of non-block patterns before. I’m currently working on a quilt for my sister with this block pattern (different fabrics though).

I’m new to quilting, but for whatever reason, I’ve decided I must learn how to paper piece…now.

It started last weekend when I was looking for a pattern for this block in the Amy Butler quilt that Adria gave me with blocks from her lap quilt swap on craftster.org:

Sooo … after stalking my way through the entire lap quilt post, I found out that it was somebody’s original design. Boo.

So I started googling “X quilt blocks” and came across a post on crazy mom quilts about string quilts… and eventually a few tutorials. Apparently an easy way to paper piece is by using freezer paper — and I happen to have a huge roll of that in my craft supplies from last year’s t-shirt stenciling stint (seen here, here and here).

Now, I’m kind of obsessed.  So, as an excuse to experiment, I’ve decided to enter FatQuarterShop.com’s Jolly Jabber Block Lottery with a few blocks I create using this method.  The only catch is I have to use fabric purchased from FQS…which should be fine since I’ve got some Hello Betty leftover from a Jelly Roll I bought and a Honey Bun that Adria had sent me.

Anyway, here are some gratuitous pictures of string quilts I collected from various places on the interwebs…which make me more excited about doing this!

I’ll be sure to post my progress… I might not get to it for a while — this is a busy week!