Crazy Quilt Journal Project, February block complete.

My quilt blocks for this project will all be made using ties, as I wrote earlier this year. I am making each block in a different colour range, and will try to incorporate a theme of some sort as well. When I created the purple block for January, I didn't have a theme in mind, as I just wanted to make a start on the block regardless. But I gave my second block the theme of Valentines Day, hence the bright red.

Next month being March, my block will be in shades of green, for St Patrick's Day! Anyone know where I can find an embroidered shamrock? Before I close this post, I want to show you what I bought on Amazon recently. It cost an arm and a leg; the pack of cards was only a couple of dollars, but the postage was a shocking $A17! I was spitting chips and put in a complaint to the seller, but all they kept saying was that Amazon set the shipping rates according to what the item is, not how big it is or how much it weighs. Fair enough, but it only cost me $12 to ship a book from the USA last month, which was at least four times the size of a deck of cards. Enough grumbling. Check these out - so cute!

A pack of playing cards featuring crazy quilt designs by Allie Aller. The box is at the top right of the photo, and the card next to it shows the front of all the cards.  Allie has a picture of herself for the Joker!  The CQ photos are only on the King, Queen, Jack and Ace of each suite, and each photo is a different design.