I was able to get a fair amount accomplished this weekend in spite of being severely handicapped by an overly ambitious workout on Thursday night. I really had no idea muscles could be that sore...I could barely make it up and down my stairs!
My weekend project was week two of the Among Friends SBOW. I decided to try it old school this time with no triangle papers. I finished 15 of the 44 blocks and prepped 8 more.
My weekend project was week two of the Among Friends SBOW. I decided to try it old school this time with no triangle papers. I finished 15 of the 44 blocks and prepped 8 more.
I checked each of my HSTs with a 1.5" square ruler and trimmed here and there as needed but found that they are coming out pretty accurate and are going together easily. So far much more enjoyable than dealing with paper.
I haven't tried sewing them into the larger block yet but I am ironing the seams one direction this time so that I am able to nest them when I put them together. I am hoping that makes for a much more accurate and less frustrating assembly process.
I took a break from the tiny HSTs to try out a few hourglass blocks. I was planning to avoid the temptation to start Bonnie Hunter's new leader and ender challenge since I haven't made much progress on last year's, but where's the fun in that?
These were a lot of fun. They go together quickly and seem huge (3.5" unfinished) compared to the other things I have been working on. I have no idea what setting I will use for these but I am thinking that it would be a good way to use the stack of red and cream fat quarters I have had sitting on a shelf in my sewing room for years. I remember collecting the stack on a trip to the lake - perhaps a shop hop - that included Homestead Hearth. I recall having a plan for them at the time but have long since lost the plot on that one. I really like them and am anxious to make more!
I figured if I was going to start a new leader and ender challenge then I needed to try to make some progress on the old one. I finished off a couple more rows and added them to the five I already had together. Seven down, forty to go!
I'm just not very disciplined at using them as leaders and enders. I tend to use whatever project I am working on as my L&Es instead (starting the next block when finishing the last seam on another, etc.). What is really amazing is how many times I manage to end up with the same fabrics lined up together. I even have places where there are three of the same blocks lined up. Oh well, I'm still counting on no one really noticing once all 2000+ tumblers are put together!
3 comments:
It does look like you have been having fun in your sewing room with those lovley projects on the go. I've never tried triangle paper, it sounds like it doesn't make that huge a difference. Lovely start on your LE blocks... I always use LE but often, as you, the next block of the project I'm working on, or another project altogether!
I didn't do the Tumblers L & E. I was still "working" on the Lozenge L & E from the previous year. I decided that I now have enough of them for a very cute baby quilt and will be starting on the current L & E project. Like you, I really need to use more leaders & enders in my projects instead of strategically sewing block parts and not using leaders & enders more often! Love your SBOW project!
Wow you have been busy! Great progress on all those projects! I tend to have way too many on the go at once and don't make much progress on many of them!
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