Winter Games Curling Foundation Pattern

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The opening exercises for the winter Olympics was last night and I am already hooked.  I was up way too late on Wednesday evening watching curling -- the chess like game of the Olympics according to one of the commentators.  Curling was a gym class in high school so I thought I understood the game -- but we pretty much just threw the stone down the ice and hoped for the best.

It took me quite a few attempts to get a curling image I actually liked that was reasonably easy to foundation piece.  Here is my ending pattern.  

Please feel free to download it for tracing if you wish to replicate my block.

In the free video tutorial I take you though sectioning and drafting this block.  I also made a mistake and selected the wrong block type (EasyDraw rather than EasyDraw plus Applique).  I will also share will you my trick for fixing that problem.

My Attempt at Winter Sports

On a personal note, while on vacation earlier this week, I made it out cross country skiing.  Yes that is frost on my eyebrows and eyelashes.  The weather was a little frigid.  I think I will stick with skating at the indoor rinks in Minneapolis.

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​Be My Valentine Pattern

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Happy quilting.

​Kari

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