We have been in the midst of a heat wave that has been the hottest ever on record. I took this opportunity to stay inside and work on a couple of projects. We finally finished up the blocks for Dana's quilt. I will post a picture when the quilt has been put together. I was working on the Ocean Waves quilt. I thought I was making good progress with the 80 or so blocks and then I made the mistake of actually counting the blocks...I only had 35, so my frayed nerves needed a break from the Ocean Waves and I switched over to sharpening my paper piecing skills. I have come a long way in 30 days. I started a New York Beauty wall hanging (all paper-pieced) and it is looking pretty good if I must say so. I had a few glitches, but I didn't give up. I kept reading and re-reading the instructions, taking my time and making sure everything was right and avoiding as many shortcuts as possible. I love shortcuts...instant gratification. I even made a hand drawn sample picture with my granddaughter's crayons (I have EQ6 & 7) to give me inspiration and for color placement. There are 16 blocks in the quilt. I have completed 11 with 2 more almost complete. I counted them, have confirmed that I only need 5 more and I am happy with the results. Then I was so psyched with my progress on paper piecing, I decided to do something that I have wanted to do since I started quiliting. It's crazy...I don't know where this energy is coming from but I am going full steam ahead. I have started a Double Wedding Ring. That's right, I must be nuts or suffering from heat exhaustion, but I am doing it. I have completed 20 arcs and they are perfect so far. It remains to be seen if they will fit when I put the rest of the quilt together but right now it works. I don't know anyone else who has completed a DWR quilt, so if you are reading this entry and you have completed one, please leave me some insight in the comments section. I only had one setback on the DWR so far. I mis-read the number of arcs that was required...silly me. I was so happy that I thought I only needed 28 arcs...DAH...I really need 98, but oh well. It was a temporary setback. And I only need 78 more. I am completing about 3.5 arcs per hour. So this shouldn't take me 20 years to complete! Here are pictures.
5 comments:
I love, love, love the fabrics you're using in your DWR! I've never seen one done in batiks. That and the NYB are two things I'd like to do before I die. You've done a great job on your projects.
Thanks Rhoda. I used the bali pops, so there wasn't a lot of measuring and extra cutting. The rectangles are 2.5 x 4 inches.
Love those colors and the blocks. Your quilts are going to be very pretty.
Wow and Wow I think you are officially THE SUMMER QUILT DIVA! I would not even attempt what you have accomplished, both look just great and you are so revved up and motivated you make me want to run to my sewing machine and work all weekend long. Thank you for sharing. Bernie
Robin I'm posting here about the pineapple nine patch sew along as your email address is blocked through blogger e-mail when posting. I also see you have an interesting site that I'll have to come back to visit tomorrow.
I'm going to stop cutting on the pineapple quint so we can start together. I have one person interested who doesn't have book yet. She's going to order and then I'll set up a do-able schedule. I'm getting so excited at the thought of having a small group to work on this project. So, how about you start collecting your fabrics for the project and I'll contact you in about a week.
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