Blocks are now left set up beside my sewing machine when I leave my cave for the day. When I return, I am able to get right to stitching. Not having to prep to get ready to sew. (Why didn't I start this years ago.)
The three blocks below took me about one hour and 15 minutes to stitch. A 6-inch nine-patch block, a 10-inch potato chip block and a 16-inch potato chip block.
The nine patch works as a leader ender when stitching the chip blocks. 62 nine-patch are made and squared up. 150 are needed for the nine-patch quilt that is in my mind. All are made from left over bits.
The potato chip blocks are stitched in assembly line fashion. Fat quarters, ones that I don't know what to do with, are being cut up and used. The quilts will be super scrappy everyday quilts. Both will be about 80 X 90 inches in size, maybe 90 X 90. 24 of the 10-inch blocks have been made and at least 72 will be needed. When I first began the larger chip block (of which I need at least 25), I was trimming them square and trimmed to 16.25 as I didn't think I could do 16.5. I don't have a ruler that big so was hoping that they were trimmed square. They are not quite. So, a new ruler has been ordered and I will wait for it to arrive before any further trimming. The four blocks that have been trimmed; I will turn into a table runner.
I am enjoying this easy piecing, stitching. Not having to match anything. It is rather freeing and joyful.
I am back to working on Little Blocks 365 from Sentimental Stiches. These are foundation paper pieced. I have 225 made. Maybe 200 of them have already been stitched together with their sashing. I will have to take the flimsy out of its basket and show you with a picture.
This block is one that was made to small. I had to have done something wrong with talking to the printer. The one on the left is 3.5-inches, the size I need. The one on the right is 3.25 inches. I am glad that I trim them square before they go into the basket for the quilt. That is the only way that I caught this. I have another to redo as it was printed on the same page. The small one will be made into a pincushion.
The green and yellow block did not take too long to stitch up.
The block below took me about one and a half hours to stitch up. I think that may be why I stopped making these. Some little blocks with all the bits take so long to make, a 3.5-inch block. All that time for something so little. I am finding if I add them on to the end of the three scrappy blocks, I have accomplished something.
Today I will be working with my blocks and hope to work on some cross stitch later in the day. It looks like an all-day rain. Maybe I will do some picking up. Oooooo, housework, that is pushing it. Enjoy your threads today.
Linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.
