Tag: Bonnie Hunter

After a marathon piecing session, I’ve finally finished piecing the Straits of Mackinac blocks. Now I just need to get to piecing them to the sashing strips – getting closer!

One more step done! I finally finished sewing together all of the sashing strips for my Straits of Mackinac quilt. I had about 5 units left over, so I’ll figure out something else to do with those eventually. Now I’ll get back to piecing together the blocks. There is a tiny little light at the… Continue reading Straits sashing strips

I have managed to get a little more piecing done on my Straits of Mackinac blocks. I did the upper right in pairs first, and finished those at the end of September. Then I started on the middle right pairs, and finished them on Friday. Saturday I managed to finish the bottom right pairs. Next… Continue reading Block Progress

There is a bit of monotony to the Straits of Mackinac color palette and putting its blocks and sashing together that I find myself wanting to play with other projects at the moment. But I really do want to finish it! So, I’m playing games, trying to find ways around the boredom, and using incentives… Continue reading Using Incentives

Yeah, I totally either overestimated how much I could get done before my week off to sew with friends, or I underestimated how long it would take to get the basic units sewn. I originally thought (a couple of months ago) that I would have all of the units ready to put together into blocks… Continue reading Under- or over-estimating