Slow sewing. No not hand piecing, or anything of the sort. I hate squaring up, especially where there are a bunch of small piddly pieces. My slow sewing is that I finished another set of quilt blocks!
I decided I needed a break from my blog hop project, and from cutting the 100's of diamond type trapezoids for the Grand Illusion so I decided to do the December 2014 Aurifil block of the month.
I will say for all of the cutting, and trimming and squaring up I did, this block did not turn out wonderful. Sigh* But I did finish all of the blocks. This one block ended up taking me at least 3 hours with all of the cutting, trimming, sewing, squaring, trimming down, and trying to get it all to match. I am not a fan of set in seams either.
Aurifil posted a finishing technique which was making the blocks into spools, setting them on point with a lovely center motif, but I am not too sure if I am loving it. You can see their interpretation
here. I think I may leave it and stew on it a while. DH says maybe use white to make the spool and red for the rest. That way I can stick with my red and white theme. I could add blue but that defeats the purpose of me working so hard to keep with the 2 color quilt.
As to the Grand Illusion I have one block from step 2 done.
It actually came out to the correct size even. Only 99 more to go. I worked on cutting out the parts today for a while. Maybe tomorrow I will get more accomplished.
love your red and white Aurifill quilt so far. I love Bonnies quilt patterns too but all those little pieces will certainly become a UFO at this house. Bonnie does like little pieces doesnt she?
ReplyDeleteCongrats for finishing all your red and white blocks. They look great! Sounds like a lot of pieces to Grand Illusion but I'm sure you'll get there!
ReplyDeleteLookin' good! Can't wait to see the finished quilt(s)!
ReplyDeleteRed and white blocks are lovely--I am not a big fan of a lot of little pieces either; it takes me forever to get things turned the right way and altho I love how they look finished, I get very frustrated at how mine (don't!) turn out...yours looks great! Hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteFlying geese can be trying on a person's nerves ! Despite the time it took to make, your blocks look beautiful. Red and white quilts are just striking.
ReplyDeleteI don't like set in seams either, but your looks good
ReplyDeleteInset seams are a bit of a challenge, but I love the satisfaction you get when you've done it.
ReplyDeleteSounds to me like Grand Illusion is one heck of a lot of little pieces, I know I wouldn't have the patience to do it. I love your colours so I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.
lovin' that red text fabric.
ReplyDeleteLove the comment only 99 to go, keep up that optimism!!
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the red and white blocks...looking good!
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