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Blocks!

 

I’ve ignored my various quilting projects for the last month or so, while I was working on projects for Caitlyn and the siggy blocks. I’m now playing catch-up, chasing down the cool kids, waving my rulers, bits of fabric fluttering behind me: “Wait for me!” First up, the Bloggers’ Block of the Month blocks: Block 7 Block 8 Block 9 Block 9 is my favorite of this bunch. Note to self, though: don’t try to assemble this one at the very end or the very start of the day. I unpicked seams so many times on this one and still …

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57 Siggy Blocks

I’ve launched these on their journey to Ohio, where they will meet and mingle with siggy blocks from 56 other people before selecting a representative to bring 56 blocks home to me. The end result: a quilt with the names and locations of all the 57 quilters participating in this swap! The blocks are easy to make. I’d love to find a better way of signing them, though, since my pen tends to catch and drag on the fabric a bit. Maybe a slightly fatter pen tip? Save

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The Blocks of March

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It’s Block of the Month round-up time! First up, the block for the Blogger’s BOM. It’s really February’s block, but since new blocks are announced late in the month, I just make them the following month. This block looks like February, what with the pink/red/purple thing. I guess I wasn’t thinking things through all the way when I picked out the solids for this block. Mostly I wanted to be sure that I wasn’t leaning too hard on the yellow, orange, and green I’d used in the last two blocks. I started with blue instead of the pink, but it …

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My notes from the Sewing Expo

 

I’d heard about the Sewing and Stitchery Expo before, but this was the first year I went to check it out (thanks, Kelly!). This is a very long post that I’m writing mostly for me, so that I can remember all the cool stuff I saw! The Sewing Expo is huge, two buildings at the fairgrounds with fashion shows, classes, demos, and a floor full of booths selling fabric, patterns, tools, books, sewing machines and more. If I don’t get this stuff down, it’ll end up in the pile of Things I’ve Forgotten. You can read it if you’re into …

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Procrastination and Serendipity

Does this ever happen to anyone else? I mean, I’ve got a stack of works in progress and Caitlyn is fast out-growing several things in her closet and I’m part way through a shirt for Ian. But did I work on any of those with my fragmented available time? Nope. I went and started something else. Sure, it was the project that was most appealing, most likely to make me happy. But gee whiz, probably not the wisest course. Oh well. I started with this: And a week later, I finished with this: Just so you know, seams that are …

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More Half-Square Triangles

 

The theme for the month at the Craftsy BOM this time around is Half-Square Triangles. Instructor Amy Gibson covered the traditional “drawn-line” method (layer your squares, draw a diagonal line, sew on either side, cut apart) and the alternative “magic” method (layer your larger squares, sew around all four sides, make two diagonal cuts). A little funny that I’m HST-ing twice this month. This block is a traditional design, a Windblown Star or a Balkan Puzzle. Favorite block this time around, and perhaps of all four so far (January’s are here). I’m also really happy with my color selections, although …