I was able to sneak in just a bit of work on this part of the piecing before heading off to vacation. I’m back now, and everything is sorted, so I’m back to my studio. (Yippee!)
I did pretty well on most of these. At one point I turned off my sewing machine for a break, and came back and started sewing again, not realizing my previous needle setting had been lost. I sewed one side of 21 blocks with a standard 1/4″ seam, rather than a scant 1/4″. They seemed to square of fairly well, but not perfectly. “Rather than rip and resew now, I will wait to see how they come together. It might workout just fine. I’m fairly annoyed, but I hate ripping. Careful pinning and matching of points should make it all okay later.” I said, like an idiot. I actually ended up fixing them, because I want to minimize frustration in future steps. And because I must have been spacing out longer than I realized, after I finished the first set of seams, I realized 6 blocks had two poorly sewn seams. All are fixed now.
Here are the trimmings, hanging in a grapevine ball on my bird feeder. Here’s hoping the local birds have some more fashionable digs this year.The next set of instructions comes tomorrow. I know what I’m doing for part of my Friday!
The biggest part of any piecing accuracy is consistency, so I am sure your assembly is gong to go smoother because you took the time to make your blocks consistent. They look great!
Thanks! I’m so excited for tomorrow to see what comes next.
Thanks! And thank you for the premature blog post. I had no idea that I wan’t responding to comments via email, and now I know how to.
This is beautiful. I love the colours together. Is that Kona Charcoal? That’s what I’m using as my background.
It is Michael Miller Graphite Cotton Couture. I bought the brand that sponsored Yvonne.
It is actually Michael Miller’s Graphite Cotton Couture. It is the brand that is sponsoring Yvonne, so I tried to support them.
The birds in your area are going to be envied by all other birds for sure! Great ideal.