Top o' the mornin' to you! I'm going to make this a brief post but I wanted to show you my latest quilt block for the Sewn QAL (the button is in my side-bar if you're interested in playing catch-up and sewing along). It's called Virginia Star, and features flying geese blocks. These were incredibly easy to make, and even pretty fun (some people I know fail to see how sewing bits of fabric together can be fun, but I trust a large bunch of you know just what I mean :) I was having a bit of a self-imposed sewing frenzy and for some reason mentally pressured myself to "Get it done, and do it now!" I have no idea why. I have a long to-do list (I wrote it down and it's worse than I thought, but most of it is WANT to do instead of HAVE to do, which is infinitely better than the reverse), but nothing too pressing. I wasn't exactly accurate with my 1/4 inch seams and am about 1/4 inch short on the final block. Hopefully this won't be too big of a problem in the end. I wasn't thrilled with my fabric choices, either - I thought they were fine when I laid everything out, but sewn together they don't thrill me. I'm glad my pinwheel block had a lot of white space, because this one has a lot of red space:
They'll probably end up next to each other ultimately. I really do love that center fabric, but it is just SO red compared to the checks. Oh well. They can't all be winners. And my points ended up pretty nice:
I can't wait to have more blocks done so I can lay them out and get a better idea of what the finished quilt will look like.
Before I say 'Later taters!' I just wanted to remind you of a couple things:
The Crafty Clearout Giveaway ends tonight! If you haven't tossed your name in do it now!
Have you voted yet? I've got a blurb in green just under my header and the voting button is at the top of my sidebar - I'd appreciate it muchly if you could toss a vote my way!!
Have a fantastic Friday! I'll be back tomorrowish with the giveaway winner. Good luck!
They'll probably end up next to each other ultimately. I really do love that center fabric, but it is just SO red compared to the checks. Oh well. They can't all be winners. And my points ended up pretty nice:
I can't wait to have more blocks done so I can lay them out and get a better idea of what the finished quilt will look like.
Before I say 'Later taters!' I just wanted to remind you of a couple things:
The Crafty Clearout Giveaway ends tonight! If you haven't tossed your name in do it now!
Have you voted yet? I've got a blurb in green just under my header and the voting button is at the top of my sidebar - I'd appreciate it muchly if you could toss a vote my way!!
Have a fantastic Friday! I'll be back tomorrowish with the giveaway winner. Good luck!
I love the reds! I think they looks great together, you just have to see the whole picture put together. I'm still voting everyday! Fingers crossed for you!
ReplyDeleteI am charging my iPad in the motorhome and doing a little blog reading. What an absolute treasure trove of goodies you drug down from the attic!! I have many of those same things that were my relatives long gone now. Treasure and enjoy them. I have many of mine on display in my sewing room to see and enjoy every day.
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I love it :) I love that it has so much red!! Won't you take a pic of all of them together?? pretty please!!!??? It's gonna look AMAZING!!!!!!
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Okay, just voted for you again. And I'm only doing this so I can say I knew you before you were famous.
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