Saturday, June 18, 2022
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
My Blue Ridge Beauty (from this book) project completely occupied my time this past week. I have 36 blocks put together, just to check that the light blue pieces were working well with the darker blue.
All good, so it was on to more cutting and piecing.I cut lots and lots of 3.5" triangles. These were supposed to be leader-enders, while I worked on something else, but I never have much luck setting things aside. Once they were cut, I just had to sew them up. The same thing happened with the four patch blocks.
Wednesday, May 04, 2022
Goldilocks and the 3 Bear Paw blocks
A while ago I saw a Bear Paw quilt that someone was making and thought, I've never made that pattern, I should do that. Mind you, I've tried several times, and I just wasn't liking the results enough to continue. But then I searched Pinterest, and saw quite a few that I liked, so I decided to make a trial block and see what size I liked best.
First I made one with 1.5" HSTs. That turned out to be 10.5", way too big for my liking. So I tried 1" HSTs. Nope, at 7" that was too small. So I made the block with the cheddar background, with 1.25" HSTs, and that was juuust right. It's actually really surprising what a half inch change in the triangle measurements does; I wasn't expecting it to shrink 3.5". My chosen block will measure around 9", and I'll be able to cut lots of the pieces from scraps.Sunday, May 01, 2022
I haven't forgotten this quilt.
Friday, April 29, 2022
April sewing progress
I've been going through my charm squares lately, trying to find a use for every last one. I had a lot of these cream large florals, and darker blues; they seemed made for this pattern.
The four-patches are going to be made of the light blues and ýellowy creams that I pass over whenever I'm choosing fabrics.
Saturday, April 16, 2022
Time to finish this project
I still haven't pressed that seam on the british quilt. It's not going anywhere, so there's no rush. I need a colour fix.
The Boxy Bowties are getting my attention. They seem to have been around forever, and while it's nice having them as a Leader-ender project, I'm ready to be done with them. I started them late October 21, so it's 6 months; that's a long time for a leader-ender around here.Friday, April 15, 2022
This heap of fabric is the British quilt, after I sewed that last seam.
It's a big pile of piecing, and I am very relieved to have it done. I haven't found the courage to iron it yet, that will take quite a bit of time and patience, so it's just sitting on the ironing board for now. I'll get round to it sometime this weekend.