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Whew! The. Pressure. Is. Off! Sewing Lynn's Christmas block takes care of the backed up packages!
Several shouts and sighs could be heard from my sewing room the last two days while putting this block together. The corner blocks got me, and I sewed two corner sets three times. I actually ran out of the neutral fabric, so I had to piece some fabric together and cut the triangles out individually.
Finally, though, the corners came together and matched sides with the center block. Looks like Lynn will have quite a lovely quilt when all the blocks are joined together. -- michele
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This block turned out to be my best pieced work yet! It helped that I found a lovely little choice on my machine screen named "1/4"." Hello? How long have I had my machine and didn't notice that -- 6 years! So, I didn't have to mark out quarter-inch lines; the machine did it all perfectly for me, and I have a 12.5" square for Pam! Very gratifying for me, too.
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The snail trail block looks so much more impressive in person. I wasn't sure how to get a good shot of this one, and the blocks Pam made herself are very striking with the deep, rich colors she used. You'll enjoy making this block.
You know, things became a bit backed up on this end with the loss of one of our members in the spring, no packages at all for me to sew until May, and then nearly five packages of blocks for me to sew showing up within a few weeks of each other right when my work away from home increased. Along with that, sewing pieced blocks is new for me, and I'm driven to perfection and matching styles, so, despite my newish quilting skills, a lot of thought goes into thinking through the design each member has chosen as well as choosing the most perfect fabric for the block in the hopes that each of you will be very happy with my work when the piece arrives at the end of the round robin. I hope the blocks are worth the wait on your end; I'm enjoying working through each little project. -- michele
Not knowing for sure what to do for Margaret, I checked out some tutorials and saw one on the purl bee for small trees and bounced from there. I have to say, I am EXTREMELY pleased with the exact 12.5" outcome of this block! That would be because it was freestyle, and I straightened and measured as I went along, and 1/4" seams did not matter!
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What do you think? Can you see the trees for the forest of calicos?
-- michele
Another Posy Pinwheel for Pat is finished and added to her package, which goes out to Rene tomorrow. It was fun to pull out some traditional and vintage florals to combine for this pattern. This is the third pinwheel block I've put together this year, and I'm enjoying making the "flying geese." I just need to work on getting those seams perfect. I mark out the 1/4", but there is still some wonkiness to deal with. Pat, hope you enjoy this set of fabrics, close up below. I'll send some pieces to your home address for your stash. -- michele
Michele...lookout! Here they come. Pictured here are my snail's trail blocks. I've wanted a quilt made of these blocks for a very long time...lol, now all I have to do is make the star blocks that will go to make a "Shakepear in the Park" quilt. Thanks ladies for your help...very big grin!!!
As promised, the bee sewing begins! Here is Carol's block of batik squares, triangles, and rectangles. The block design came from an old Quilts & More magazine. I tried to adjust down for Carol's dimensions, but it ended up larger than the magazine version! I marked all my 1/4" seam lines for near perfection, and still ... It was too pretty to rip out, Carol. Here is another view. My idea is that you chalk your seam line all around at the 10.5" dimension. I tried it out by pressing the edges back. The points of the dark inner frame and corners of the outside pink blocks get cut off, but it does give the block a more edgy look or sort of an off-set feel. It was better not to trim here, though, or some of the smaller seam lines could come loose. As well, it might work out that you can use a little wiggle room! -- michele
...I'M BAAACK! with flower pinwheels....love the pinwheels
Pat, here's how your quilt looks now!
..................Pam :-)
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