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"Hello!  Nutmeg here.

Mommy and I have been crocheting.

 The center of our Sampler Squares Patchwork Crochet Afghan is together.  

Now we are adding the borders.  

I have been curling up on Mommy's lap to help.

It is late and time for sleep and I am nestled in for the night

 on our favorite chair in this lovely soft yarn bed.  

Mommy says I have to give it back in the morning so she can finish it.

I think it is purrrfect just as it is." 

This part feels almost like quilting.

I have the blocks laid out and I am sewing them together.

For this purpose I am using a large plastic needle and yarn and the ladder stitch. 

Hope to have the center of my "patchwork crochet quilt"  soon.

Happy Stitching! 

 Here is the main page for this crochet sampler: 

Crochet Sampler Crochet Along @ The Inspired Wren

I finished as I began with this light pink yarn for block 20. 

The Crochet Along Layout Here has 20 blocks and a border.

I like the layout of this afghan.

However, my muse decided I was not done making blocks.

So I made this 5 inch block to add as a setting square.

I followed this free pattern and video tutorial: 

Granny Flower Granny Square Free Pattern @ Lullaby Lodge

Granny Flower Video Tutorial @ Lullaby ...

Block 18 is on my blocking board.

 Here is the main page for this crochet sampler: 

Crochet Sampler Crochet Along @ The Inspired Wren

This is Block 18, a two sided Cable Stitch Block.

I decided to play with the colors and make a raspberry pink stripe in the center.

Then I decided to do the single crochet border in the same pink.

It is the only block I have edged in any other color than the light gray.

I like it but if it does not play well with the other blocks, I can pull out the pink edge and ...

 I think I have got it!

Here is the first cable stitch for my Block 17:

Pattern 9 ~ Cable Stitch Square @ The Inspired Wren

I am making the two sided pattern and this is the front

 which has one cable centered framed by Front Post Single Crochets (FPSC)

Here is the back of the block which has two cables 

and four spaced FPSC.

I am following the pattern as written and it working well for me.

This is a good thing because I cannot find a video which has this same cable stitch pattern anywhere on the internet.

I believe ...

This stack of quilts has landed on the table in the corner of the living room while we are painting the bedroom.

It makes me smile.

Since it is Thursday I am passing along the things that have made me smile this week with my friends at 

I Like Thursday @ Not Afraid of Color

Hopefully these things will make you smile, too. 

I have a stack of crochet blocks to show you, too. 

Progress on my Squares Sampler Crochet Blocks  makes me smile.

This is my 13th Block and it is the first of two blocks in the

7th Pattern ...

This morning after my cup of coffee, I added the single crochet border to my second block for the 

Squares Sampler SAL ~ Pattern 4 ~ Vertical Ribs

@ The Inspired Wren

I had a rare late cup of coffee last night and sat up to finish the center of this block.  Then I went to bed feeling accomplished.

After I figured out how to make this pattern stitch work for me ,

I made both blocks in three days.

For my blocks I chained 38 and made 36 HDC stitches in the first row.

I started my pattern stitch with 2 SC and ...

After a week of off and on frustration,

I am resetting my effort to make the seventh block for my 

Squares Sampler Crochet Afghan ~Stared Here

I showed the pink version that I started for this pattern last week

Here.

The pink is now a ball of yarn again.

The pattern may be found in the link below:

Squares Sampler SAL ~ Pattern 4 ~ Vertical Ribs

@ The Inspired Wren

There is a video tutorial for this block and I have watched it more than once

 and it did not really help me. 

This time I followed the part to make the ...