Monday, September 12, 2016
Friday, September 9, 2016
postage stamps and circles galore
many years ago, ok - nearly a decade ago, i started collecting black and white fabrics before black and white quilts were as common and popular as they are now. i remember how difficult it was to find nice quilting cottons in these combinations without other colors. my quilting friend out of state posted on FB that she was participating in the quilt 365 challenge - all circles, all year. i thought.... this would be a good way to get started after all these years. i had the squares cut in two sizes and the pattern from the magazine still open to the appropriate page, along with scraps of the fabrics AND premade black print quilt binding. oy vey. not going to use that one now.
so, i started cutting my circles for the inside and outside, two at a time with freezer paper templates. and i attempted curved circle piecing for the very first time. i will admit i am now officially over my fear of curved piecing!!
if it were today, there would be a few prints i wouldn't include. but i still love how this is turning out. while the others playing along are doing one smaller sized block each day, i'm not exactly getting 30 in a month. this picture was all of my blocks for july. august is sad at four finished and two cut...
BUT, i have a good reason i've fallen behind:
i've been playing with 1,728 2 1/2 inch squares to form into a postage stamp quilt for my redhead's upcoming birthday. i had planned one for him since he's asked for a postage stamp quilt like mine (but not so girly). i was going to do bold colors and fun teen boy/geekery prints, but he requested all blue. i do have five blocks of other patterns using some of those fun prints mixed with the blue backgrounds to break up the sea of blue. his birthday is 18 days. i can do it, right? yikes.
the redhead got braces today. a quilt is a nice thing to say sorry for all the pain while we make you more beautiful. i mean, handsome.
so, i started cutting my circles for the inside and outside, two at a time with freezer paper templates. and i attempted curved circle piecing for the very first time. i will admit i am now officially over my fear of curved piecing!!
if it were today, there would be a few prints i wouldn't include. but i still love how this is turning out. while the others playing along are doing one smaller sized block each day, i'm not exactly getting 30 in a month. this picture was all of my blocks for july. august is sad at four finished and two cut...
BUT, i have a good reason i've fallen behind:
i've been playing with 1,728 2 1/2 inch squares to form into a postage stamp quilt for my redhead's upcoming birthday. i had planned one for him since he's asked for a postage stamp quilt like mine (but not so girly). i was going to do bold colors and fun teen boy/geekery prints, but he requested all blue. i do have five blocks of other patterns using some of those fun prints mixed with the blue backgrounds to break up the sea of blue. his birthday is 18 days. i can do it, right? yikes.
the redhead got braces today. a quilt is a nice thing to say sorry for all the pain while we make you more beautiful. i mean, handsome.
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