The center of the Slow Quilt came together last night, though it still needs borders. It will be a while till this is finished and counts off the stash.
So, nothing in and nothing out this week, but that’s okay.
This week: +0 yards, -0 yards
YTD: +64.75 yards, -110.5 yards
Net stash used 2014: –45.75 yards
In other news, the garden is growing well, and we have a bumper crop of cats.
I’m linking up with Sunday Stash Report at Patchwork Times.
I have now completed eight of the sixteen blocks for the Slow Quilt. Each block is not so very slow, only taking twenty minutes or so to assemble after everything is cut. This does not at all resemble their final arrangement, which will include sashing, but arranging them on the wall like this does have me considering options.
The reddish solids are Oakshott Cottons that I won last year. Each block has twenty-eight pieces that I rotary cut and am piecing conventionally. Paper piecing might have been a good option for the long triangles and diamonds, but they are coming out well with a little care.
The rest will have more peach colors in them. I was very confused at first in the cutting, and found it best to stick with all the green themed blocks. I think I have it figured out now. The results will be more colorful as I make more progress.
Hope you are coming along with your projects.
I’m linking up with WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.
So. Trying to get back into the groove after our short trip. I was burnt out from all the walking, the allergies are plaguing me (this is new to me, and I’m not good at it), and I may have picked up some germ in Williamsburg. Plus, DS is home, DH is not, and it’s hard to get a routine going. Then I look at the fabrics I need to cut and I am SO not sure what to do. I’m using my Oakshott Cottons, and really don’t want to waste anything.
Today I did cut out fabric for one block, plus the black and white background for all the blocks. I really like the print, and can’t wait to see what it looks like.
Of course, about the time I got my sixteen little piles arranged on the sewing table, the thunder and hail began in earnest, and Yuri came running up to the studio. Touching, really, how he wanted my comfort, but when he skidded to a stop in the middle of all the piles, I don’t think I was very comforting.
They are all clipped or pinned together now, and maybe tomorrow I’ll get the first block sewn together. Lots of little bits and angles. We shall see.
I’m linking up to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.
Evening in the Garden Quilts 