Sewing

Only 480 blocks to go! Just kidding! I’m not doing the complete 501 blocks. There’s a whole bunch of applique and Christmas ones that just don’t make the cut for this quilt. This is the Windblown Square. I slightly altered it as I just couldn’t work out how to have a whole block in the […]

The seesaw. Such an awesome thing to ride on as a kid. Now it just gives me a headache with all that jolting. How times change. FYI: swings make me feel sick also now.

This one is Grandmother’s Favourite (we all know that’s me, right?!) Ok, so not really, but it’s always nice to think you’re someone’s favourite.

Our block this week is called the Amish Diamond. I like diamonds. This block was so simple to make. If only they were all like that…

The block this week is called Road to California. I myself have never been to California, so I can’t say for certain whether or not it looks like the roads there. But I’ll take a guess and say this is someone’s very liberal definition of what a road looks like. Although pot is legal over

This week is brought to you by the block Old Maid’s Puzzle. These baby blocks are coming along quite nicely and this is possibly the very first block I have made without unpicking a seam. I must be improving!!!

Can you believe I have kept this up for 3 months. I can’t because I know how flakey I am, but I must say, I am really enjoying making these little block. EXCEPT, I have still not done a block where I have not unpicked a seam! This week is the Cat’s Cradle. I quite

The Calico Puzzle is the name of block this week. It’s supposed to have a stitchery done in the centre but ain’t nobody got time for that. Have I cut that wrong on the bottom? Probably. I’m a measure 3 times and still cut it wrong kind of girl.

Another week, another block. This week is the split Nine Patch. I don’t even know what a Nine Patch looks like to begin with Ok, so I googled it and I can’t see the correlation.

The Double T. Although it’s more like a quadruple T, but who am I to question. I could make a tiny dolls bed quilt if I stopped here. I won’t though or I’d have no blog content to post.

This week is the Greek Cross. It’s the same as the Churn Dash, but the colours are kind of inverted to make it look different. I think it looks completely different. Surprising what a colour change can do, really.

Week 7 is brought to you by the block Card Tricks. I am starting to think that this quilt might turn out all right. Although I have an awfully long way to go to find out.

This week is titled: North Wind. Now, before I get carried away with thinking how awesome I am (don’t look at those points) can I just say that there has not been one block that I haven’t had to unpick at least one seam. You’d think I’d have the hang of it by now, but

This week is brought to you by the Churn Dash. I’m slowly getting the hang of this paper piecing and I’ve realised that in order to do it successfully you need patience and a good iron.

This weeks block: Friendship Star It doesn’t look friendly. It totally looks like a ninja star. Seriously, google it and try and tell me it looks friendly. Dammit, I just realised I have left a selvedge in. Just when I thought I was working this shiz out…

This weeks block is titled: Untitled 1. They name things as well as I do… Now, this block is super dooper dodgy as I tried to paper piece without cutting my block up into three separate pieces. It totally didn’t work and I left myself unpicking and resewing and almost throwing it out. But you

Back again with another block for my quilt. This week it is the Sawtooth. Before I started making these blocks I watched quite a number of YouTube videos and read instructions on how to paper piece. They all said it was easy. Now I’m not going to call them liars because I’m sure they aren’t,