I’ve been looking for a quilt pattern to work on that I can hand piece and take my time with.  I love hand piecing in the evening.  I find it relaxing.  The Spools pattern is one that many quilters are working on right now.  It’s a possibility!  As I surf around the Internet though, I am finding many different variations on this pattern.  Some have more pieces than others.  Which to do?

Here is a lovely start that I found at Valentina’s Corner.

Here are a variety of blocks I found at Google Images:

Have you made a Spool Quilt? If so, what pattern did you use?  5 pieces in the block? 13 pieces? 

Let us know by leaving a comment, below.

Published by Caron Mosey at Michigan Quilts! 2010

This block was made for my grandchildren, who will be going on their first camping trip this August.  I am hoping that this new generation brings the Mosey family better luck when it comes to camping.  When my boys were young, we went camping frequently.  It became the family joke:

Everytime the Mosey’s go camping and set up their tent, God starts laughing and says, “Let there be rain!”   And there was rain by the bucket-load. 

The pattern for this block

may be downloaded here.

Published by Caron Mosey at Michigan Quilts! 2010