Even though I’m not through piecing all of the blocks for my leader-ender challenge quilt from last year, I’ve been struggling with how to arrange the blocks (sashing? if so, how big? no sashing? alternate blocks? if so, what kind of alternates?). The blocks themselves are 6-inch finished, which means that the layout I choose… Continue reading Quilt layout struggles
Category: Quilting
Quilting and quilting-related projects
Catching Up
I participated in not one, but two Sit n Sews over the past week. Last night we sewed for a few hours here in town and I managed to finally catch up through Clue 3 of Rhododendron Trail. Just in time for the release of Clue 4, ha ha! I took today off as a… Continue reading Catching Up
Turtle progress on mystery
I’ve finally made sure I’ve got all of the pieces I need for parts two and three of the Rhododendron Trail mystery quilt cut. I don’t know why, but it seems like (these days), I always miscount how many I need by about half. Then I have to go back and cut more once I… Continue reading Turtle progress on mystery
Rhododendron Trail start
Like many others who have done Bonnie’s mysteries before, I pretty much guessed what this clue would be – half square triangles! Bonnie usually starts out easy and small, and this clue was in keeping with her easing us in to the mystery. I decided to pull out my strip bins first and see how… Continue reading Rhododendron Trail start
Chapter one complete
I barely got a start on the next to last set of arcs the other day, but finished that and the last set on Thanksgiving Day before heading over to my parents’ house for dinner. The pattern is broken up into chapters, so this completes chapter one. Chapter two will have to wait until another… Continue reading Chapter one complete