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Snow Day
As you may know, I live in Northern California. Our weather is pretty temperate, with quite warm summers. We are in the foothills at an altitude of around 1500 feet. Rarely, about every three years or so, we get a light dusting of snow. And everything comes to a halt. All of my friends in…
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Something New
As you know, if you regularly read this blog, I have been itching to start a new project. Now that I have nearly finished a long running string quilt project, I am ready to move on. I have something all cut out and ready to dive into, but as often happens, I got sidetracked. It…
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Happy Dance
I am doing a happy dance here, because as you can see, I have finished all the string blocks for my Signs of String quilt. This week I will add the setting triangles and get these rows together for a finish. Those red blocks took awhile, I tell you. I am glad I took on…
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Red Blocks
Red block quarter units are all stitched. And trimmed! This is a huge step towards my finish. Now to tear off the piecing papers, sew the folded corners and construct nine blocks. Do you see that light at the end of the tunnel? Ozzie update: Thanks so much for your kind words of support and…
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Let’s Just Get This Done
I am determined to get this quilt top together this week! The blocks are taking me forever to make, as there are umpteen steps involved in the construction. I have nine red blocks to make (18 strip sets and 36 smaller block units). My strip sets are done. Today I will press the strip sets…
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What’s Going On At My House
I know. Is that pathetic or what? Ozzie has been through a bit of "stuff" lately. I am about to rant and rave a bit, so if that's not your thing, stop reading now. He had a little growth on his lower left eyelid, which was successfully removed just over a week ago. You can…
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String Along Blue Blocks
Yellow blocks: done.Green blocks: done.Blue blocks: done.Red blocks: coming up! My assembly line process is going great. I am not so focused on making one block at a time. I make my strip sets and cut them into triangles. I paper piece the triangles onto my quarter block units. I attach my sew and flip…
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Tools on Tuesday
I had posted a few photos of my string blocks on Instagram, and my daughter was asking me to post a photo that would show the size of the block. The blocks are made up of four 5 inch smaller blocks, that when sewn together, finish at one 10 inch block. I have thrown myself…
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String Along Green Blocks
Just a quick update that my green string blocks are all done. This is how the blocks will be arranged in the quilt top. A center red block with surrounds of yellow blocks, then green blocks, then blue blocks, then more red blocks. I am well into finishing the blue blocks and then will start…
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Another Approach
I was complaining yesterday about how long it is taking me to make these string blocks. Each full block consists of four quarter block units. You need four of these to make one full block as shown in the photo below: So I decided not to be so block focused and instead work on…
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