Tiny Ric Rac Windows Panes..

Today was Hitty Club. So I was off having fun playing with that little doll and all her belongings and friends all day. No time to work on my Cottage blocks, but last night I did cut out all the sky pieces, sewed together 3 blocks, and cut four out. More on that if you read on..

I did not sew anything for Hitty to take today, but I did make cookies...

..and apple crisp but I forgot to take a picture of it before we tasted..
So tonight when I got home and sat down to catch up on blogs and emails, I start looking at cottage blocks and saw these made by Karen..
At first I thought maybe she came to my house today while I was gone and rummaged through my ric-rac box. But no.. I didn't have any of that with a Taylor Bird label.. and definitely not that much green. But then I read what she said about the tiny ric-rac on the windows.. and immediately had to go take a picture of the blocks I had made last night.. and exactly how I had them laid out. We were thinking the SAME THING! Below are my blocks.
That just really cracked me up. I think Karen too.

Anyways.. one more cottage block story then I'll say goodnight. I thought I had a really big piece of that white on white holly leaf fabric for the sky.. plenty for all the blocks to be the same, so I started cutting them out. About halfway through the fabric I looked and realized it was NOT going to be enough. Phooey.. I am pretty sure the quilt shop does not have any more of this.. because I bought it a couple years ago and the date on the selvage was 1998. If only I hadn't have cut doll pinafores out of it already, maybe it would have worked. But I just kept cutting anyways and figured when I ran out I would make my own block out of plain white. Well here are all the pieces I need... ..and this is what was left. And I had exactly enough. This is probably not really all that interesting to anyone but me. But I thought it was totally wonderful.