Almost ready to quilt

The top of this One Block Wonder (with panel) is finally put together.  I still need to do some blanket stitching around the points of the hexies extending onto the center panel.  It actually turned out pretty much how I pictured it in my mind before making it. 

I have to confess that I had to use my seam ripper to take off the whole right side section because I had messed up the alignment of the hexies and the panel itself.  

My Halloween OBW is progressing

I'm glad I have a large floor area in our living room, where I can lay out blocks and they aren't in the way of walking, etc.  (We mostly live in our family room.) But with this OBW project I probably need even more space due to the paper plates the hexies are on. I have to say it makes it really easy to move these hexies around and change their locations.  I've had this laid on the floor for several days now where I can pass by, observe the way it looks, and move a hexie or two to a better location.  You can even see on the left where I have half-hexies remaining on plates. The other halves are pinned together into the vertical row next to the panel.  

I have one vertical row pinned together and am ready to sew it together later today after work - and a pedicure.  Once I do that and determine that it is the correct length that I want, then I can get more serious about lining up the rest of the hexies exactly where they will end up.  I don't want to have straight edges lining up with the panel making a sharp division between hexies and panel. A few hexies will extend over onto the panel, but I'm not sure yet exactly where or how many.  So this will be a slow process with other projects happening in between.  Enjoying the process, right?

Almost halfway . . .

I've only spent short amounts of time sewing this past week although with the weather super hot and humid, that is exactly where I should be.  Instead I've spent time catching up with my online students, and processing invoices for my husband's company. 

So only 6 vertical rows are sewn together so far - out of 16.  I do have 2 more rows ready to add, so my OBW is nearly halfway. It's interesting to watch the full hexie shapes emerge as the rows come together.  I've been taking my time to make sure I have them aligned correctly before sewing.

One Block Wonder

The blocks are all done for my first One Block Wonder.  Now I need to do some layout planning.

I've been looking online at how others have put these together and have seen some really unique layouts.  On Facebook I joined a OBW group, and on Pinterest I've set up a new board to save ideas. And wow - are there lots of ideas out there!  Some layouts appear to be totally random and there are other layouts where the colors are grouped in various ways.  Some of my blocks read very pink, green, orange, or purple.  Others don't have a dominant color. So I think I just need to play with them and see what happens. 

There is a chunk of the original fabric left that I could incorporate into the design, similar to using a panel.  That would make it larger.  Decisions, decision, decisions.

Design Wall Monday - OBW

 

What's on your design wall this morning?  My "design floor" has is filling up with half hexagon One Block Wonder sections. And obviously I need to find a better spot to lay these out to photograph.  

 

One Block Wonder blocks are starting to accumulate, with the hexagon halves pinned together.  The triangles from the first 2 strips of layers are done.  I've gotten 16 sets of triangles (1 hexie block per set) from each strip. The 16 triangle sets from strip #3 are ready to sew. And I'm heading to my sewing room shortly with a cup of coffee and the rest of the morning open for sewing. 

 

Check out the other design walls at:  http://smallquiltsanddollquilts.blogspot.com/

 

 

One Block Wonder progress

Every block is unique, and these are just from the first strip cut. There will be more! I have 4 more strips cut from my layers. I have no idea yet how I'll lay these out, but I've been looking online at the amazing variations that people are doing.  

Sidetracked by One Block Wonder

I knew that my focus on finishing UFOs would get derailed sooner or later by some exciting NEW project.  Goals were set for June, and here it is less than halfway through the month and I'm diving into something new and fun. 

One Block Wonder has been lighting up the Internet lately, plus I've seen a couple of beautiful examples in person.  I bought and downloaded the book onto my Kindle quite a while ago. And I finally just couldn't resist any longer.  I bought this gorgeous digital print on Saturday with something else in mind, but by Monday I had gone back for more so that I could use it for OBW.  I needed 6 repeats of the print. This is Euphoria by P & B Textiles and I love the colors in this.



My 6 layers are all pinned together with the design matched up carefully.  I've cut one strip so far, and then sub-cut into the 60 degree triangles I need for the hexagons.  The hexagons are put together into halves, but pinned together to keep the halves in a pair.

I have a stack of triangle groups laid out on my ironing board, ready to sew.  This will be an on-going project in between my goal projects.  Since the hexagon halves take about a minute to stitch, they will make good leaders and enders.