Monday, March 14, 2016

Time to Get Crackin'

Catching up on March

Lately I've spent so much time catching up with January and February goals that I have totally neglected March ... until this past weekend.

My One Monthly Goal (OMG) for March is to finish Summer Heat, design by Nancy Mahoney.

 
Having determined that I had the requisite 16 sets of A and B units ...

Stacks of A and B Units

I set about assembling them into twosies.

Preparing to stitch
One of the issues my friends who also took the class had was getting seams to match so I was careful to pin intersections. First I stabbed the intersecting point, then pinned away from the line to avoid distortion.
Careful pinning
The thread cutter on my BabyLock machine is especially nice for paper piecing, but I also like how the foot makes it easy to stitch on the lines.

Stitch on the line
While watching some Sunday night TV I tore enough paper off the back to press the seam open.

Sunday night at the kitchen bar
And I was able to get them all pressed before heading up to bed.


Today's first task is to trim -- really just shave -- a bit to make sure the center seam will be square and lay flat.  Hoping to at least get the foursie halves together, paper removed, and seam pressed open.

A little trimming required
If I apply myself, I might get the blocks assembled so that I can tear the remaining paper while watching The Voice tonight!

I have no social activities till Saturday -- everything that had been on the agenda was cancelled -- so I should have a very productive week in the sewing room/annex. I'll try to spend some time in the garden, as well, finishing up the mulching and making some strategic changes in water pathways down the hillside.

I hope youall were safe from last night's storms (Finally heard from family in Arkansas -- all safe) and that you enjoy a beautiful and productive Spring week.

Linking up with Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday.

6 comments:

  1. This is going to be a stunner, especially in the color scheme you selected! Great work on SMM too! Love that pattern!

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  2. Thanks for the closeups of your process. I take it you're using all-the-same fabrics in each block?

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  3. Oh, my! What a lot of bias and seam matching and paper and...
    You might have to name the finished quilt "Patience". 8)

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  4. Good luck with all the seam matching and pressing. It's going to be a beautiful quilt.

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  5. You seem to have nailed your seam matching!

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  6. Wow, loads of precision needed for these blocks! I really love the Eggplant and Golden fabrics you're using, just wondering how progress is going?

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