Monday, May 2, 2016

BLOCK SIZES AND INFORMATION FOR FUTURE USE

Playing last week included working up different star blocks to see what sizes i get using various strips and squares...and yes i wrote information on the block so i would be able to see at a glance if i had close to the size on my messy sewing table...i did the same with pinwheel blocks...before i could never remember what sizes i had started for a quilt then had to remeasure and hope it was right so now maybe i will be more organized.....

By double stitching my hst's for my aqua/purple/blue star quilt i am gaining small star blocks (the red one in pic)...so there will be another quilt...i couldn't bear to throw away all those smaller hst's cut from those big blocks at the price of batiks these days...i found a pinwheel block size the same as those start blocks so i think maybe it might be a quilt one day....

I still have golds and oranges to wash up and iron....those i have a plan for so would like to get at them and then i will have most of the fabric done...its been laying around too long and i could be using it...there are some really pretty fabrics out there that i am itching to get my hands on lol.....

Well i am off to Pinterest to get a dose of  'Quilt Med' to get me started today while i finish my coffee...after seeing all the quilts on there i get inspired to do more sewing....its amazing what a picture will do lol.... more later....

3 comments:

  1. Excellent idea to make samples. If I start a different pattern than what I have made before I make a test block to make sure I have the right sizes. Great plan you have. Chris

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  2. yes great plan. many times my original plan for blocks gets thrown by the wayside and a new plan comes out of creative play.

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  3. thank you ladies...it seems to help when my memory fails to keep up lol...also i have 3 different sizes of each one...who could keep track of all that lol?

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