Working on hourglass units

I’m nearly to the halfway point of creating the hourglass units for clue 4. I have just a few more strips to cut into quarter-square triangles, piece together, then I can begin combining all the ones I’ve made into hourglass units. I’m using Bonnie’s Essential Triangle Tool ruler, which has quite literally become an essential… Continue reading Working on hourglass units

Quilt layout struggles

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