DWM: piece in haste, rip at leisure

 I decided to try a HeartStrings "Sharon" quilt in 30's prints. I had the strips laid out in order on the cutting table and made four batches of six blocks, then two batches of twelve blocks. When I began to sew the blocks together I found out that I had pieced twelve blocks in a different sequence than the other 36. If I can't resew the trips in the correct sequence I can cut more strips -- fortunately the error occurred on the outer corners and I have enough left of those particular prints.

Left: 36 blocks, assembled.

Right: 12 blocks, incorrect sequence. (But on second look, there is one correct block among the 12.)













I assembled the Lady of the Lake blocks from Nancy's recent swap. I am undecided about the border. I have enough of the blue batik (on the left) for a slab border. But what about piano keys?  Are these too dark?  I don't think I want a narrow blue/wide white border.

See what other quiltmakers are working on at Judy's Patchwork Times  and  Beth's Love Laugh Quilt.

DWM: Crossed Stars and Progressive Swap

The 30th annual AAUW networking luncheon was Saturday.  It's a collaborative effort of area branches (chapters) and it's always a nice opportunity to catch up with friends and meet new women.  The speaker this year was to be a former U.S. representative (female).  We're sure she would have been most interesting....had she shown up.   The program chair said she had called Ms. B's office this week to confirm (yes).  We reassured the program chair that it was not her fault.  Ms. B returned the chair's (frantic) phone call about 1 p.m. (as we had finished dessert).  She apologized profusely.  (And we know who we will not invite to speak next year.)

All the Crossed Star blocks that I won in the Block Lotto arrived.  I didn't agonize over block placement and I like the random arrangement of colors.  I used a ruby-red tone-on-tone for the setting triangles. There will be no borders.  I'll use an intense turquoise for the binding.  The flimsy is about 78 x 66. 

Teresa chose a star variation for her Progressive Swap blocks. She requested bright polka dots and white-on-white.  That was certainly an easy combination for me!  Her starter blocks are 12".  I made eight 6" blocks.  (And now I'd like to make a whole bunch of these blocks for myself!)

Polka dot stash!

I took my necktie hexagons (see last week's DWM) to a Super Bowl party yesterday evening.  My husband is not a tremendous football fan, and I don't much care at all, but we enjoyed the camaraderie.  We left shortly before 8 p.m. when the scoreboard power outage delayed the game -- at home we caught up on Downton Abbey  and then tuned in to see the end of the game.

See what other quiltmakers are working on at Judy's Patchwork Times. and the Monday Link Up.