Whew! Time to Catch Up, Maybe...

I finally have some sewing time!!! Hooray! But how the h--- did you get to Week 32 while I was busy with other stuff (including my son's wedding - which was way fun, by the way)??? I thought I was cool getting a few done today. Didn't know how far behind I had become.

Well, it's fun to try to catch up, I guess. I'm going to post them each separately (I only did 4, don't worry) just so the tags work properly for each one. Here goes..

Week 20 - Pinwheel #4! I made it a 12-incher instead of the 8 inches as per directions.

SLOWLY GETTING NEARER

Trying desperately to catch up with everyone, I cut out a few more to make as and when, as I could and when I can basically. I have had to send my beloved Bernina to be fixed--don't ask-- I am using a Janome at the moment and it is driving me nuts, I cannot get on with it at all. They say a bad workman blames his tools... I am all over the place with the machine, but have got to do them, so just carried on as best I could. I took these pictures with a white lace cloth behind them, had to really cut them quite a lot so as to block out the hideous white lace - not a good look at all.

Bouncing Betty - WEEK 15
she sure did bounce!!



Chain & Cross - WEEK 17
I am thinking these are strange names for some of the blocks...

Union Square - WEEK 19
looks like Bear Paw to me...



Pinwheel #4 - WEEK 20
spot the mistake - not deliberate -
a moments concentration flew out the window
it is staying as is...



Hayes Corner - WEEK 21
an odd block to be sure, but it makes a lovely quilt...



Starflower - WEEK 22
zipped up in no time...



ERROR ERROR ERROR

I was making this as Dakota Gold - WEEK 16
I kept thinking, this is the same as Starflower, why am I making two
the same? Should have stopped, I hadn't printed the first page out had I -
doh! so of course didn't see the picture properly, this too will stay as is,
but I will make the proper block - eventually...

Lessons learned from these blocks, don't let your concentration waver, don't sew when you are tired, choose your colours in the daylight, make sure you are reading the pattern properly

Reformed Slacker

I spent a marathon day yesterday in my sewing room. It helped that the weather was crappy and Hubby was making dinner. Many, many hours later, fortified by chocolate, cashews, coffee and a glass of Merlot, I am happy to say I am a slacker no more. Here are the results, although I won't say they are for your viewing pleasure! Some are nice. Many are downright ugly. But the bottom line is that I am fully caught up with Friday Block Party! Here they are, eight weeks of the good, the bad & the ugly.



Week 24: Interesting block.


Week 23: Extremely easy and not very interesting.

Week 22: I love stars and this one is a favorite. I was pleasantly surprised that my points all matched!

Week 21: Ugly block. Stupid construction technique. I didn't put the little square onto the rectangle but just cut the strip to size. This one as a stand alone is awful. It is destined to be an orphan. As a whole quilt it is much better. I still don't like it.

Week 19: I love this block. My piecing on this one went smooth as silk so I guess I am improving. Someday I will make a quilt with Union Square blocks.

Week 2o: This one was interesting and different.

Week 17: I like this block. Very easy to piece. It would make a good alternate block in a top to create a different look.

Week 18: I have never liked this block. I think it must be the whole Nazi thing I associate it with. This was my last block of the day and I think the glass of wine was taking effect. It is pretty sloppy.

So there you have it. I'm all caught up. One thing I can say for certain is that I am getting pretty darn good at working with the homespun fabrics. I use a lot of spray starch on it and it really helps. I plan to put all those blocks into a quilt one of these days.

Heather's 20 and 21

I feel behind again while working on an emergency baby quilt. (It was an emergency because somehow the idea of making a quilt never occurred to me until the person was in labor.)

Week 20



I like this block. Simple, easy, and could have lots of variations depending on how you placed the colors.

Week 21



Not so crazy about this as an individual block but I like the pictures on quilter's cache that show it as a whole quilt. Great secondary patterns.

Kathie's Week 20

Like Vicki, I wanted to use a focus fabric in the middle, and so went with all eight points the same. I think this will be made into a table topper with the blue print all around. Sorry I'm late, but I just returned from a wonderful visit to San Francisco where there were actually some beautifully sunny days where I didn't need to wear a sweater. Have a good holiday weekend, and be sure the remember our veterans and current soldiers!

Floribunda's Friday

I forgot to look to see what size the block was before I started, since I've been increasing all the 8" ones to 12" -- so this one got a little border to make it the right size. I like this one -- the gold fabric is one of my very oldest and I'm happy to see that it's almost gone now...
This block seems a bit odd to me -- I had trouble with the pattern because I reversed the lights and darks and therefore had to keep "translating" to figure out where everything went. The fabric with the crows is also an oldie. This is definitely lacking "punch", I think!

yuk, bleck, icky...

what more can I say...

I wasn't thrilled with this week's pattern, then I pulled fabrics that would "do" from the precuts and tried to get it done when very tired... only to find out the original peices weren't cut true to size, so all I can say is yuk, bleck, icky.... but done....

Modified Pinwheel

I finally got some time this evening to get this week's block completed. It's a slightly modified version because of the way I ended up selecting my fabrics. I like the way it turned out and it was a fairly easy sew.

Scrappy Catch Up

This weeks block was quick and very simple. I had to tweak it a little since I didn't have enough pink dot in my scrap bag. Last weeks block turned out very scrappy. Trying to use up bits and pieces from recent projects. I wish I would have use fabrics that read darker for the star point.

Oh well. It will look nice in another block party quilt when I get enough blocks again.

What a Pinhead, I Mean Pinwheel!

I finished this week's block. I know, I'm quick, but nothing else got done around here today. I kind of like this block. I didn't follow the instructions though, but then, I almost never do! It turned out fine. I had to really watch which way those triangle blocks were facing. One side had to be taken off in order to put the points going in the right direction. I hate it when I have to do that because the fabric tends to stretch a bit and I don't get the nice sharp points.

As I was cutting out the pieces for the centre of the block, I had a 'Duh' moment. (slap up the side of the head) Instead of cutting the four 2 1/2 inch squares, I could just as easily have cut out one 4 1/2 inch square. I might have to make another one of these.

week 20

The last few weeks I've wondered what I was thinking about when I chose to put some of the blocks onto the list for possible inclusion in the Friday block challenge... they were blocks that might make interesting secondary patterns if you did a bunch, as a single block they were only ho hum interesting. I'm sorry to say this week's block strikes me the same way. :-(

Maybe some great fabric/colour choices can liven Pinwheel #4 up and make it a fun summer block?

I'm quite sure I wont be following the instructions -- I'll be using some HST and seeing if I can find something interesting to do with the large centre area...