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In my post about current projects I mentioned a Strip-pieced Lone Star quilt that Iām working on as part of the bi-weekly Sew You Want to Quilt group Iām in. I finally finished one of the stars this weekend.
It seems I didnāt piece it well, because the center has a pretty noticeable bulgeā¦
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I think these are my three least favorite FWQAL blocks thus far, at least of the ones Iāve completed. Well, no, Wrench from Week 3 is my least favorite, but Iām not a huge fan of any of these. Also, I hope that our porch gets finished soon (starting week three without railingsā¦) so that I can get some good photos of all of them together soon. This phone-camera-in-the-house thing isnāt working for me.
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Sorry friends: Iāll admit that this post is more for me than providing interesting or valuable content for you. I just have all these ideas in my head and need to get them down in one place! Some are vague because thatās how they are in my head and others are vague because I donāt want to spoil the surprise for you or their intended recipients. I know I talked about it before, briefly, but wow! have I become even more obsessed in the past six months.
These are in no particular order, really, but a numbered list seemed Ć propos. I suppose the less vague (in my head) are at the top.
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Iām a little off schedule this week (or, last, technically speaking). We had plans Friday night, which is when Iāve been working on these, and then Saturday was a race day for Carl, so we traveled and were otherwise busy. But Sunday was a sew-together with the Utica Modern Quilt Guild, so I packed up my things and drove over. I was woefully over-packed. Going in, I had hoped to finish a few blocks for FWQAL and get work done on other projects, but only had time for 2.4 blocks.
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Iām working on a bucket list for quilting, more for my sanity to get it down on paper and out of my brain than for public consumption. The #1 item is to finish the myriad projects Iām already working on. Some are whiling away in boxes, some I am actively working on. Itās gotten a little out of control; I have eight!
They are:
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Looking back, I should have waited on making either Wrench or Churn Dash and used a different color scheme for one, since theyāre essentially the same block. But, theyāre done. And a thirdāPractical Orchardāfor good measure.
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āIn for a penny, in for a poundā seems apt for my current participation. I wasnāt going to start for a while, but then I needed a break last week, and found myself doing another set of three last night. These were all simple enough to finish without diving into the templates, so I have some notes to share on measurements.
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Iām already four weeks behind the group, and wasnāt planning on starting for another couple yet, but I needed a change from another project that is making me tear my hair out. Here is my week one. For these three blocks, I didnāt use templates. They were easy enough to figure out the size of the squares and rectangles. Plus, they can easily be simplified so that you arenāt working with as many small pieces (and are potentially able to sew them faster). Iāve added my notes about simplifying the cutting and piecing, including some of the measurements, but youāll have to get the book for clarification on anything I left out.
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Blogland is abuzz with talk about the latest Farmerās Wife Sampler Quilt QAL, started by Angela of {fussy cut} and Amanda of msmcporkchopquilts. Not only is the Flickr group busy, busy, but Twitter is constantly updating with tweets tagged #FWQAL.
Essentially, everyone is trying to do two blocks a week, in any order, out of The Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt by Laurie Aaron Hird.
Right now, in the parlance of the group, I am merely dating the farmer.
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Iāve been assured, based on my quilty-blog browsing, that many quilters tend to gravitate toward filling their stash with a specific color (or a couple of them). Mine has been inundated with blues and greens from the start, but after my latest shopping spree, the greens have pulled ahead in the race (and other colors have gained no ground at all, it seems).
All of theseā¦
ā¦will be going into one particular quilt, though (well, thatās the current plan, at least. Maybe not all will make it in). I have a feeling there will be lots of scraps leftover, due to the project calling for two layer cakes and the fact that Iām not using precuts.