Last week I stayed focused and actually got some tasks done. My reward - pulling out some PIGS! I'm going to work on a couple of new projects, both mini quilts from kits hanging out in my sewing room.
There was plenty of fabric so I recut that bottom green section and made the little corner pieces smaller. The pattern called for 1.5" background squares, and I changed them to 1" squares. Much better. These 4 acorns are 3" (finished) blocks. That is insane!! Now on to making the 3" leaf blocks with their gazillion tiny HSTs. There will be 5 leaves.
All of the pieces are cut, and labeled on a design board so it will be ready to start sewing. I will point out there are 56 little 1" squares for the corners of all those sunflower petals. Maybe it won't be as quick as I thought.
A lot of cutting happened on Sunday, including plenty of parts for more Quilts of Valor blocks. The final borders for Indigo Way are ready. And a whole bunch of the 4-Patch Fun leader/ender blocks are cut. Two more of the Spool blocks are half done. And strips are cut for a couple more of the 25-Patch for the Ribbon QOV. No chance of getting bored this week.
As for hand stitching, I'm so excited by the quilting that the long armer did on these 2 door hangers, and they are now both ready to bind. Because these are small they are quick to bind. I'm starting with the pumpkin door hanger.
OK - full disclosure - I bought a kit for a bench pillow during Crazy Days on Friday. So, maybe this will be started this week too. We'll see how it goes. We have 2 really nice little quilt shops in town, and I checked out the bargains at both. A few items came home with me besides that pillow kit - a scrap bag of Halloween fabrics, a few fat quarters and 1 yard cuts, a charm pack, and a couple of patterns. The only other stop I actually made for Crazy Days was a clothing store where I bought 2 shirts at 50% off.
There will definitely be more block making in between to keep up with Blockheads, Quilts of Valor, and Rainbow Scrap Challenge.
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