Catching up

 

Just a few of the 3" blocks I made yesterday in an effort to catch up on the Temecula Circa 2016 project.  I'm not completely caught up yet but am getting closer and am hoping that I'll be caught up by the end of the week. 

 

Since these are so small it is sometimes a challenge to get them to lay flat. Pressing a lot of the seams open has helped. But I also have started using Best Press on them too and that really made a difference in how nicely they lay.

Circa 2016

I'm caught up again with making the Temecula Circa 2016 blocks but I can't say that I like how all of them have turned out.

This Fox and Geese block is very cute and I'm pleased with them both.  Each week we do 2 versions of the same block and picking out the colors is half the fun.

But the other set has too many tiny HSTs and even pressing the seams open didn't help them line up. The brown one is OK but I may end up remaking the pink/grey one because it looks wonky to me.

Circa 2016 is up-to-date

Last Friday's block for Temecula Circa 2016 is the bowtie - again 3" square. And I made 8 more of the 2" HST blocks too.  I can't wait to see what we are doing with all of the blocks we've been making the past few weeks. I love the center section that we made already, but have no clues about how these next blocks will go together. 

This is the center section using the first 3 weeks' blocks. I love it.

Catching up

Except for today's block I am caught up with the Temecula Circa 2016 blocks. I won't have a chance to even look at this week's post until after work today, but I'm excited to catch up. And I've reorganized the fabrics I have been using into a project box so that I can find them all easily again.

These 3" blocks include Birds in the Air, Flying Geese, and 2 four-patch variations.

Looking back at the original posts for Circa 2016 I see that the finished quilt will be a large wall hanging size - about 48" x 55". That means there must be LOTS more blocks to make yet.

Temecula progress continues

When my husband is out of town for work for long periods of time I get more sewing done. He has been gone each of the past 4 weeks now and I've noticed that I definitely have done more sewing in the evenings. No big finishes but lots of blocks for various projects.

These 8 little (3" finished) blocks are all part of the Temecula Circa 2016 mini project. There are 2 broken dishes blocks, 2 basket blocks, 2 windmill blocks, and 2 "T for Temecula" blocks.  And I made a few of the 2" HST needed at the same time. I think there are now 17 HST out of the 120 called for in the instructions. Check out the website for this project.  http://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/search/label/Circa%202016 

There are 5 more pairs of blocks yet to make (to catch up) and another will most likely be posted this Friday too.  As I've been working on these I realized that my stash of Civil War reproduction types of fabrics was pretty limited. So I visited my LQS for a little retail therapy over my lunch hour on Tuesday. That gives me a few new options to choose from as I work on these.