Pretty Kitty Block Swap

The Winter 2010 Pretty Kitty Block Swap is now ready to take registrations. If you'd like to swap 6" (finished size) cat-themed quilt blocks with other like-minded quilters, you are invited to join in the fun!

The deadline to register is December 1st, 2009. The blocks will need to be postmarked by January 2nd, 2010.

You can find out more about the swap (an ongoing quarterly swap that has been operating for TEN years!) by visiting this page:

Pretty Kitty Block Swap

By the way, the amazing cat block on the banner at the top of this post was made by Lisa Jenni, a wondrous art quilter. I was lucky enough to receive this block in a Pretty Kitty swap several years ago and I've treasured it ever since!

Quilt Blocks Featuring Cats

There are several free cat themed quilt block patterns available on BlockCentral.com. Here are a few of my favorites:

Sharp Dressed Cat - 6" paper-pieced quilt block pattern.


V-Neck Kitty - 6" paper-pieced quilt block pattern.

Watermelon Cat - 6" paper-pieced quilt block pattern.

You can view all of BlockCentral's quilt block patterns here:

http://www.blockcentral.com/quiltblocks.shtml

You can also search the quilt directory for any block you can imagine here:

Block Central's Quilt Directory

365 Paper Pieced Quilt Blocks

I got a wild hair yesterday and decided to challenge myself to create and post a new paper-pieced quilt block pattern everyday for the next year. I set up a blog for ease of publishing and for scheduling posts in advance when I know that I won't be able to get to the computer.

The first block is up and it is a little strange, but it's what popped out of my head this morning. :)

Take a look here:

365 Paper Pieced Quilt Blocks

Memory Lane Block of the Month Update

Block Central's 2009 block of the month series, "Memory Lane" has been updated for October! There is only one block to make and it is simple!

You can find the October block here.

If you'd like to read the introduction and see all of the installments thus far, you can find them here.

If you have any questions, let me know. :)

Not So Good News for MyQuilt Blog

I finally got a response from the webhosting company this afternoon. They said that the attack on the server that hosts MyQuiltBlog.com had rendered the backup files unusable. The only way to restore the website was to reinstall the software that runs MyQuiltBlog.com. I knew that I had saved a backup of MQB back in April, so I thought I could at least restore it to that point. After reinstalling the software, the database was empty...no blogs, users, etc. I tried restoring the April backup several times and each time got an error.

The next step is to contact the software developers to see if they can offer any help in restoring April backup. I'll let you know what happens when I find out what can be done about the backup.

So, the Good News is that MyQuiltBlog.com exists again, but the bad news is that it is the blogs are not back in place yet. Keep your fingers crossed that I can get the April backup to work!

No News on MyQuiltBlog.com

To all the MyQuiltBlog.com members, I'm posting just a quick note to let you know that our site still has not been restored after Thursday's "attack". (Our site was not targeted specifically...it affected hundreds of websites on several servers and our webhosting company has assured me that they are working diligently to restore each site one by one to the condition it was in before the "attack".

Hold tight and be patient. (I'm saying that more to myself than anyone else because I am definitely not known for my patience with computer issues, lol!)

I'll keep you updated here on this blog, so check back in. :)

Server Move to KNoblin.com

Good Morning!

You may have noticed that when you type in BlockCentral.com, you are sent to knoblin.com. This is my backup site for Block Central in case anything goes wrong on the other server. Thank goodness that I took this extra step to ensure that BlockCentral.com would always be available, because something went wrong with the other server!

It happened on Thursday, June 4, 2009 and by Saturday, June 7th, the problem still had not been resolved. I changed a few settings so that BlockCentral.com would resolve to knoblin.com and all of the content is now available for you to enjoy.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Thank you for your patience and understanding over the last few days.