X marks the spot!

X and Square quilt block

Thanks to my great friend Monika for giving me the (obvious) title to this blog post. (For some reason, I did not think of it!)

X and Square is the block. From this image shown, you can see where it gets its name. However, while playing around with the block, I made a version with four colours as well, and it looks quite different. You will have to check out the free pattern to see that variation.

I was having fun playing with this block (which at first glance looks rather boring). It always surprises me when those boring blocks make interesting quilts.

So, fun often leads to funny.

Mark Twain

Quotes to make you laugh today

• "Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
  ~ Oscar Wilde


• "Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."
  ~ Erma Bombeck


• "Be good and you will be lonely."
  ~ Mark Twain


• "Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't."
  ~ Victor Borge

<sub>'X and Square' quilt block image © W. Russell, patchworksquare.com
'Mark Twain' image courtesy of public domain

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Two Oscars for Today

Today is the big night in Hollywood -- the night of the Academy Awards, or more commonly known as "The Oscars". So what about another famous Oscar -- I refer to Oscar Wilde. I would be hard pressed to think of a wittier man, so today seemed appropriate to offer a few of his words.

Quotes for today:
For those receiving an Oscar this evening:
"I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."
~ Oscar Wilde
and some more of Oscar's wit:

Garden Path

"I like men who have a future and women who have a past."
~ Oscar Wilde

For those who do not win an Oscar tonight, perhaps they were led down the Garden Path. Okay, that was lame, but the quilt block is pretty. .


_{Oscar Image courtesy of Danilo Rizzuti / FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Garden Path © W. Russell}

My First Blog on Quilts and Quotes

Since I am still finding my way around here in this new blog, I'm just going to send you to a new quilt block I created this week. It is called Art Square  which is a great starter block for those new to quilting. 

This image here shows how it might look in a quilt.

Any my quote for today seems appropriate -- for me in this new venture.  

"I can believe anything, provided it is incredible."

~ Oscar Wilde