Caught Up

Sorry I missed last week.  Between eye surgeries (not mine), doctor's appointments (not mine), and wisdom teeth removal (again, not mine), things have been pretty hectic here.  Nonetheless, here we are . . .

Four new ones. 

And the six all together.  Look at that.  So far, so good.  I'm not going to lie.  I'm a little distressed at the lack of perfection going on here, because Anina's are so. much. better.  I'm thinking I'll continue to improve, but if not, then in the end, nobody look too closely.  In fact, don't look too closely now.

I'm thinking maybe I should really show you some of the other things I've been working on.  

Anybody else Dear Jane-ing?

Another blue and yellow

I actually pieced this top several years back. It is a pattern from Hopskotch Quilting. She has some really great patterns on her site. I first saw her stuff in a quilting magazine, and have been hooked ever since. My Starflowers quilt is one of her designs.

I didn't use her paper piecing method, because that was back when I was afraid of it. You can see that it makes for some not so flat blocks. I recommend the paper piecing. I'm sure it would yield more accurate (and flatter) piecing. You can buy her pattern here. Scroll down to where it says Seth's Stargazing. Hers is set with 5 blocks by 5 blocks. Mine is 6 by 8. My blocks may actually be smaller than hers. I'm not sure. Here's where I have to confess that I did not buy the pattern. I just looked at it and made my own version of it.

It is twin sized. I'll get better measurements when I'm done with it. I already rolled it up, and it's waiting in the queue to be quilted.

Geese in the Forest BOM

So I have never really done any paper piecing before. I was always a little afraid of it. Plus, having to rip all that paper off the backs -- too much time investment for me. Well, when I saw Anina's BOM, it was too cute to pass up, and her paper piecing method is better than the sew-along-the-lines one I had always seen. She tells you to fold the freezer paper back on the line and sew along the edge. It works!

I am WAY behind on this one, but I finally have enough blocks to show on here. We're in month 4, and I haven't completed any sets. There are six for month 1. I have four. There are 27 for month 2. I have four. There are ten for month 3. I have two. There are ten for month 4. I have one. I was thinking I might put this on the back, but there is no black anywhere in my blocks. I'm trying to reconcile this. I had considered just making a few of the triangles black. My oldest daughter suggested I put a black border around the quilt top and then put another border of the bright fabrics. She also suggested that I do the background of some of the blocks in black. I don't really want to do the background in black on any of them, because then you would notice the negative space. Anybody have an opinion on how I should proceed?