Showing posts with label string blocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label string blocks. Show all posts

Monday, February 9, 2026

UFOs Away!

 We love UFO days!

Lots to do and a set aside time to get it done is always fun!


First up, the blocks for the final weave top were ready to stitch.


These have a white background that really

 makes the colors pop.

The top is complete!


Then the posy blocks were next to be opened up.

This little found/gifted project took up a lot more 

time than I'd planned.

It needed 17 additional stars to fill in the alternate spots. 

They are very fun to make and 

use up some scraps too, bonus!


Two sides of half the posy blocks had 

to be removed to make row joining easier.



That done,  the rows were stitched up and 

set aside awaiting decisions.  

Do I piece together the lattice bits, 

or find a fabric to match and cut new?

White background stars may be side borders to 

make a twin sized width. They have been 

waiting patiently for a purpose. 


A pinning day for the tops in waiting will have to 

keep waiting since the Discovery table has 

more tops to be unearthed!  It's is archeaeology February I think!

Lara Croft may be playing later in the workroom theatre!

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Monday, February 2, 2026

Stash Report, Stitching Time , Scraps In?

 It's  the end of January

and I have one finish and no other fabric in,

 so my numbers are holding steady. 

This brings me to 7 meters of usage so far,

 with 0 fabric added,

so -7m fabric increase.

However with  guild /group 

meetings coming up that may change

for February. We seem to treat fabric stashes 

like a lending libray, meters move around a lot!

Sewing time has been consitent for the past two weeks, 

catching some minutes every day and still working on the

Millennium exchange blocks. 

A Discovery table clean up found these little posy blocks and 

a new top was born. 


They will be combined with some blue background stars

from this parts department:


and look something like this!


It's an exciting time for the begining of February

with a new top in the works!



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Monday, January 26, 2026

Strings Are on the Move!

The late night layout of some multicolored string blocks

yielded another top for the rack.



My ongoing, ready to sew bag yielded 

a nice stack of 10" blocks.

I sometimes feel that multicolored blocks don't play well together. 

The addition of a four-block accent of gray, 

makes a nice moderation of the chaos of colors.

This top finishes at  57" x 76".

I am finding the 10" cut block is a bit 

ackward to get the desirable size .

The next blocks will be a friendlier size, 

possibly 7" or 8" cut. 

The layout started at 6 x 7 blocks, 

but looked a bit short, again the impact of 

the 10" block showing. 

So I separated the rows and 

both my eyes and my brain were much happier. 

I even used my cool cordless iron for the piecing of 

the addtional row. 


It is a Steamfast SF-760 cordless iron. 

A very good find at last year's quilt show.

Fast and fun, with good steam too!

Here is my victory lap. 


It will certainly help keep it all together

while it is waiting for quilting.

I had to use the floor for the layout as the design 

wall is full of little tiny squares for the next 

project from the Discovery table. 


This top will have a multicolored center and a rainbow

colored border.  The center is made of random 2 1/2" blocks and 

a few more 5x5 blocks from 2 " squares

will need to be sewn up to add to the border.  

The few extra red and green blocks will go on the back. 

The beige crumb pieced inner border is almost 

complete and will be cut to length as needed. 

The next creation may be a colorway rail fence

from this pile of premade strip sets that were in 

another basket of block parts. 


Always something fun to work on !

Stay Safe and Sew On!

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