290/365

290/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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1.5" x 1.25" block.

Appliqued Dixie Diary bits on Thanksgiving. The brown scraps are from that endeavor.

289/365

289/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" x 5" or so.

288/365 Thanksgiving

288/365 Thanksgiving, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" x 3", maybe.

Our Burrito Fiesta put me into a carb coma and rice allergy attack. Oh, the lulz we had.

286/365

286/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block.

285/365 Birdkiller

285/365 Birdkiller, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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3" block.

Windmill, pinwheel, whatevs.

284/365 Random Scraps

284/365 Random Scraps, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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1.25" x 2" block.

283/365 Scraps

283/365 Scraps, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" x almost 3.5" block.

Played guitar for an hour! And, then crawled back to bed.

282/365

282/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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Almost 2" x 3" block.

I have no desire to purchase a guitar today. How about a new gaming consule? X^/

281/365

281/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" x 2.75" block.

The Gibson sale going on now is driving me nuts. I am not buying guitars this year. I am not buying any guitars this year. Well, not for me anyway. I did promise the Mule a new guitar.

It's a horrible addiction. Never start. It only takes one purchase to hook you for life. Don't gift them to people either! It can spread through presents. My first dozen or so were all birthday presents.

280/365 Fruit Cocktail

280/365 Fruit Cocktail, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block.

279/365

279/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block.

278/365

278/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block. Odd angle.

277/365

277/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block. It's like outer space, man.

Used some silver on it to remind me to embroider it later. Still can't sit upright long enough for hand sewing.

276/365

276/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block. More of the scritchy red.

275/365

275/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block. Fave color combo.

274/365

274/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2 x 2.75" block. Scraps.

Walking Dead in the Window

Walking Dead in the Window, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" blocks. 25" total.

With daylight shining through it.

Scraps from Kaffe Fassett, Joel Dewberry, faux feedsacks and Civil War fabrics. 19th, 20th and 21st centuries living happily ever after (in the apocalypse).

Walking Dead

Walking Dead, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" blocks. 25" total. Inspired by a quilt top or cheater cloth used as a curtain in Season 4 episode 4 of the Walking Dead.

It might remain forever unfinished, intentionally, if I use it as a wallhanging. If used as a teeny tiny dog blanket or chair topper, I'll have to sandwich and quilt it.

I am grateful for the distraction this little mini has provided me this week. I have thrown my back out and was getting quite bored. I thought about how I saved episodes of the first half of a season on the DVR while Mr Mule was deployed and how we watched them during leave. Then I saved the second half of that season and watched them after deployment. It's hard to save shows on a DVR for a year! Try it. The cable company gives me like 20 slots and that's it. Anyway, a TV show about an apocalypse has some nice memories attached to it.

I am visually diminished, as I like to say, so I wanted it to be busier than the one on the show. Many dots and ditsies. Truly scrappy. Goal achieved.

It was originally 11 by 10 rows. When I added a row to the length, I should have moved the blue row from the 7th row to the 8th row. I do like how it looks if turned on its side with the blue row on the left side.

I have cut up a phone book and a local freebie newsprint style magazine. Hundreds of foundation pieced blocks coming soon. A tip to remember: leave the papers in until you actually sandwich it. Your forever UFO'd quilt top might be one of the few things left to read in a post apocalyptic world. No internet. No Kindle. No bookstores. Who knows? Maybe no libraries.

"Ooh, look! Someone foundation pieced a quilt top with a newspaper from 2013."

"Cool! What's it say?"

Walking Dead backside

Walking Dead backside, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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Leave the papers in! You know half of the world's quilt tops become UFOs. Leave your foundation papers in until you sandwich and quilt it.

If you used phone book or newspaper pages, some future Carol or Rick might just spend a few minutes reading the backside of your quilt top turned post apocalyptic curtain while waiting for Sam's return. Maybe they'll linger a few seconds longer giving Sam more time. You could save a life!

273/365 Jaws

273/365 Jaws, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2 x 10.25" block. Walking Dead scraps including the phone book page it was pieced on.

Walking Dead progress

Walking Dead progress, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" blocks all done. One side border on. Three to go. The border is my worst quilting cotton. Feels scritchy! I like it here on a mini quilt. It won't bother anyone. Scritchy!

272/365 Scraps

272/365 Scraps, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block. Finished Walking Dead piecing today. Got one border on.

271/365

271/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block. Scraps from today's Walking Dead.

Walking Dead progress

Walking Dead progress, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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First four rows. 2" blocks. Strips going in same direction as the quilt top on the show (except where not visible on TV).

Hunching over the sewing table seems to be today's only comfy back position.

270/365

270/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block.

Bad back kept me from working on Walking Dead mini quilt or I would be done by now. Did manage to cut more phone book pages for it.

269/365

269/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block. Scraps.

268/365 Lumbago

268/365 Lumbago, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block. Almost failed my 365 today as I'm crawling around on the floor with back pain. Watching Chuck on Netflix now and searching for back happy furniture.

267/365 Phone Book Strings

267/365 Phone Book Strings, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block. That Kaffe flower has a 3D quality to it due to color popping.

266/365 Crazy

266/365 Crazy, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block. Phone book paper backing. Scraps.

266/365 Crazy

266/365 Crazy, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

More Walking Dead blocks

More Walking Dead blocks, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" blocks. Phone book paper backing.

Walking Dead progress

Walking Dead progress, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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Strips of three 2" blocks. Alternate and string blocks.

Walking Dead progress

Walking Dead progress, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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Strips of three 2" blocks. Alternate and string blocks.

Walking Dead progress

Walking Dead progress, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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Trimmed and untrimmed phone book blocks. From today.

Walking Dead progress

Walking Dead progress, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" blocks. All of the red and dark blue alternate blocks for the WD mini quilt. I still need to cut up all of the light blue alternate blocks.

The complete quilt is 11 by 11 blocks total. Plus a half block width solid red border. So, maybe a 2' square piece.

265/365

265/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block. Tonight's Walking Dead project scraps.

264/365 as seen on The Walking Dead

264/365 as seen on The Walking Dead, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" blocks.

Made an extra block for my 365 project. This one is not part of the Walking Dead mini quilt.

Walking Dead mini quilt in progress.

Walking Dead mini quilt in progress., a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" blocks. Scraps. I'm low on blues so it will be extra scrappy.

Walking Dead mini quilt

Walking Dead mini quilt, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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Using 2.5" pieces of old phone book paper for the foundation of the string blocks.

I love the sound the paper makes. So delicate and not at the same time. I used to memorize phone books as a kid. Good skill booster.

Quilt top as curtain on The Walking Dead

Quilt top as curtain on The Walking Dead, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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Season 4: Episode 4, Indifference.

I miss the old days when I could get a decent capture from a show. Oh, well. Phone book string style quilt with alternating print blocks and a red border. Or, it could be one of those weird print shower curtains from Urban Outfitters. In three scenes. Lively backdrop for an apocalypse.

P.S. Gotta love closed captioning.

263/365

263/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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1.5" block.

262/365

262/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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1.5" block. Purple and pink.

261/365 Crazy Stash Blues

261/365 Crazy Stash Blues, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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2" block.

260/365

260/365, a photo by Mule Hill on Flickr.

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Scraps. Orange for Halloween.