To refresh, I am planning to make all of the block sets into full blocks to make a bigger quilt and not make the half blocks. I have all of the units made for over half of the full blocks (these are featuring my navy fabrics) but I will need to go back and make flying geese and HSTs for my dark teal fabric blocks.
I now have 9 blocks completed! And of course, now that I am posting this picture, I am realizing that one of my corner units is turned 180 degrees -- oops! I will have some time with the seam ripper tonight!
I have been making my block parts in batches before making my blocks -- sewing together the flying geese as well as sewing together the four patch corner units for a set of blocks.
I've been using the coral and navy pinhweels as my leaders-and-enders. Since these are the same for all of my navy blocks, this seemed like the best choice.
I have only been making one block at a time to make sure that I am keeping all of my parts straight. This is slightly slower than working on multiple blocks at a time, but I haven't had to rip anything out yet (knock on wood).
I also realize that my plan to enlarge my quilt will require a LOT more sashings. I will have to do some math and figure out if I have enough coral fabric to cover a slightly larger quilt. I should have enough, but I want to make sure before I go boldly into this plan.
Happy Friday! Today I am teaching a class on foundation paper piecing! I am so excited!
Very beautiful, I love those colors! I had to look hard to find your flipped corner block. Looking forward to seeing this top come together and to see how you set the blocks!
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing like a photograph to help find the area in a block that has rotated itself on you. I agree with Liz, I had to look hard to find the spot you mentioned. :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks great!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful! I always love your fabric choices!
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