I got 3 of the 9-patch blocks assembled before hubby pouted too much that I wasn't paying enough attention to him ::eye roll:: - and now today I have to work on my ''work'' sewing, but I may be able to get back to sewing these tomorrow. Anybody else have a hard time sewing when hubby is home? He is SO neeeeeedy, just like a toddler.......I hope I'm not the only 'lucky' one. I know he does it cause he loves me, but I really shouldn't have to be the 'entertainment'.........
edited to add: since I started with 5'' charms, these HST's are just a bit over 4.5''. So, the 9 patches are around 12.5'' unfinished. There will be 36 nine-patches, so it will be approx 72'' square when done I think.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
recovering from Christmas with some HST's
Well, I've been working today on my HST's for my WeePlay quilt - and I have all 400 ironed and ready to assemble. I decided to stop at 5 charm packs worth, and if I haven't figured properly for the amount of each color in specific locations, then I have some extra charm packs if I need to add certain colors. This is the layout I have chosen though (done in EQ6):
I'm going to sew them into 9patches, then sew rows and columns. Here I go!.......
I'm going to sew them into 9patches, then sew rows and columns. Here I go!.......
Monday, December 13, 2010
a stack of Wee Play
last night while we fretted about the river possibly flooding, I cut some 5x5 squares of my favorite quilter's cotton ''parchment'' and drew diagonal lines for HST's and stacked them together with 3 charm packs of Wee Play. This will eventually be part of one quilt that will consist of 6 or 7 charm packs done entirely of HST's - I am thinking of adding a couple charm packs of ''Punctuation'' to give it even more of a scrappy feel though.
What's not to love about stacks of fabric ready to be sewn?!!!!
What's not to love about stacks of fabric ready to be sewn?!!!!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Christmas lovelies
I went to the fabric store for material for my hat orders. The bad thing was that these lovely Christmas fabrics were 50% off. Darn things just jumped into my cart! (Almost forgot the hat order material, LOL) Aren't they beautiful fabrics though!?! I really am having a hard time deciding on what to make with them though. I got a yard of each, but the stripe on top I think is between 1.5 and 2 yards (got the end of the bolt additional 50% off for the piece that was over a yard). Anyhow, I'm debating on possibly either a raw edge Drunkard's path or maybe a disappearing 9 patch. I'm leaning toward the 9 patch since it's a whole lot easier/faster and Christmas is coming FAST! I think I will browse the Moda Bake Shop and see if I get any ideas there....
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