Yesterday turned out to be a good day to focus, and I managed to get a LOT of things done. Dave was gone shortly after 9:00 am to play in a golf tournament and I headed downstairs to sew. Quiet, uninterrupted time paid off.
I made 8 more tulips to add to the 4 that were finished on Monday. All 12 of them are now sewn into "quad" sections, making 22 of them total. For right now I'm thinking I will need nearly double that number to make a queen sized quilt for my bed, which is the current plan. But we'll see how it goes.
All 10 rows of the Boxed Squares blocks are assembled, and the top 5 rows are sewn together. Next step is sewing the bottom 5 rows together and then combine the 2 halves. I'm confident that I can finish that yet this week.
Five of the 7 rows for the Roll On quilt are also assembled, with 2 more rows pinned into order in stacks. I alternated the Roll On blocks with the Boxed Square blocks when assembling the rows. It worked great and kept me from accidently pulling a block from the wrong stack.
With all of the scrappy sewing I've done lately, I also have a mess again on my cutting station. So it's time to clean this up - again. I did really well keeping this area clean for several months, but then I got lazy about putting things away! However, when I see 2 new quilt tops nearly done thanks to all that scrappy block creation, then the mess becomes worth it.
There is also a BIG basket of odds and ends that has been moved upstairs with the hope of organizing that while watching evening TV later this week.
3 comments:
Creativity is not a tidy process. The tulip blocks are beauties and will make a beautiful Queen size quilt.
such fun projects....and yes a scrappy mess means fun!
I love your tulip blocks.
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