Saturday achievements

 When we gathered on Saturday we 3 were very pleased to make so much progress...

We now have some bright pink polar fleece to back our stained glass quilt top. That will be tacked next time we meet.

Our card trick blocks have now been tacked onto bright blue polar fleece and an appropriate binding has been found. We were so pleased to find an excellent border in the stash and have attached that as well.

We had lots of trouble with the sizing of these card trick blocks and the orange blocks below. Elaine has now put the brown ones together with sashing and cornerstones and we will do the sides next time we meet.

We have now reinstated our early rule to write your name or initials onto one of the pale seams on the back of your blocks. This will mean that we can keep track of who has blocks still to arrive and to better teach those who are having some difficulties constructing their blocks.

When Kerrie and Pernilla were here we started making some scrappy blocks for my next project.

A decision was made to make 6 pale and 6 rich in each of 8 colours - red, pink, purple, yellow, orange, brown, green and blue.

I threw them on the table and was so pleased with the effect I continued to make blocks. Each block starts with a leader-ender 4patch and then grows with thin or thick strips on alternate sides to make sure the 4patch is off-centre. Nothing is measured, nothing is squared but I do need one side straight as a guide to sew along.

While dog sitting at Ellen's I was able to trim all the blocks to 6.5" wide and whatever height they came out as.

Now that I am home again I am playing with layout and will soon start sewing them together in columns.

I'll use appropriate fillers to make them all the same length when the time comes.