Friday, January 15, 2021

I finished up one of my scrappy projects today and I got a few extra blocks done for another.

This is the second pinwheel project I’ve done in a row and I’m pretty tired of pinwheels. When I picked this leader and ender project from all the others I could have picked from I thought it was half-square triangles, not pinwheels. I’ll know better next time and I’ll pick something from my book devoted to half-square triangles.

A pattern is emerging for my latest start. This will be my leader and ender project for a long time; 70 more blocks to go!

Thursday, January 14, 2021

On the 3rd day of quilting I’m so sick of scraps – come on, I know you were singing.

No pictures to show today but I’ve been working hard. I managed to finish cutting, pressing and trimming all 300 half-square triangles. I have about half of the blocks clipped together for some leader and ender work. It took me all morning to accomplish just that much. Clipping together the next 50 blocks should be a bit quicker as I won’t have to do any trimming.

This afternoon I moved on to another scrap quilt – this time pinwheels. I can’t believe I’m saying this but I think I’m done with pinwheels for awhile. I have a few rows stitched together but I’ll get the centre part of the top finished tomorrow. I should also be able to get the borders attached and I can say I’ve managed a quilt top this week. Stacia did three of them but I don’t expect I’ll ever be able to keep up with her.

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

I did my ruler quilting this morning and it went quite well; I felt comfortable with the tool and it was nice to be doing more than just practising. I stayed focused and didn’t stray from the ruler edge as I sometimes did when I practised. My stitch length varied quite a bit but that happens whenever I free-motion – I keep reminding myself it just takes time and practise. I need to quilt the borders but I’ll save that for another day. Stacia and Deloise both have their projects quilted and probably hung but I’m okay with that. I’ll be a few days behind but I’ll get it done very soon.

I was back to making the scrappy blocks today. I’m a few blocks short of being a quarter done. Each block takes a long time but I’m happy with the results. I’ll finish my way to the quarter-done mark tomorrow and move on to something else. You can see the “something else” under the scrappy blocks.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

It has been so much fun today working online with Stacia and Deloise – and we have a couple more days set aside for this.

At Christmas I gave both Stacia and Deloise a set of postcards (I had a set for myself) that had patterns for miniature quilts; there was one postcard for each month. Today we all worked on the January quilt. Not surprisingly Stacia’s is done and quilted. I have the top finished and Deloise is just a couple of borders away from a finished top (she made hers twice the size so it took longer). I want to quilt the piece with my new quilting ruler skills; I thought I’d leave it until next week to do it but I may change my mind and do it tomorrow.

I moved on to another scrappy project that I marked a long time ago – it is from a 2011 calendar. All the coloured bits are scrappy and there are four different background fabrics. These are quick to make but a little boring after a few (hence my decision to quilt my miniature).

The two projects combined made quite a dent in my scrap drawers.