Tag: Straits of Mackinac quilt

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

Whew! I believe I’ve finally finished cutting all of the pieces I need to piece together all of the units for my Straits of Mackinac quilt. Now the real work can begin. I’m also thinking I need something a little less challenging to work on when I get frazzled with this one, and I don’t… Continue reading Think I’ve finished cutting

I really want to get the cutting part of my Straits of Mackinac quilt finished so I can concentrate on piecing (and put away the gobs and gobs of fabric pieces that are currently strewn around the sewing room!). On Sunday I managed to get almost half of the “recs” pairs I need to have… Continue reading Cutting for days

I finally managed to get all of the large triangles in squares pieced. It seems crazy that it has taken this long to get this part of the quilt design completed, but that’s just how this summer has been going. Next up, I’m piecing together a ton of half square triangles.