There wasn't much on yesterday's agenda beyond sewing, as well as and hence I went dorsum to hap the placemats that were started the 24-hour interval before.
Let's all paws hither for a minute to admire how purrfectly this cloth matches my furs.
Sadie was my consultant nearly jazzing these upwardly a lilliputian alongside dissimilar fabrics, as well as this is what I came upwardly with.
Now they're sewn together as well as sandwiched for quilting. I want I'd made the strips on the correct a lilliputian wider, but I'll stick alongside them equally they are. The quilting adds a lot, as well as and hence a dainty variegated gilded thread volition spice them upwardly a lilliputian too.
Those are going to live on gear upwardly aside for a 24-hour interval or two, however. The adjacent projection was to grab upwardly on the Tiny Tuesday blocks. The start ane is called Bullseye.
It was gear upwardly diagonally.
Smitty helped yesteryear reading the directions out loud equally the cutting progressed.
But you lot know...cats tire quickly. After a coming together of the minds, they decided to switch places.
Smitty was as well as hence worn out, he could barely hold his eyes open, as well as his lasers needed recharging badly.
Don't allow this purrturb you lot for around other minute, Smitty. Let a daughter truthful cat accept over.
And as well as hence she helped me slice together the Split xvi Patch. This went together surprisingly quickly. This is a cracking chip block. My tiniest scraps were used inward all of these blocks.
The Split xvi Patch was forthwith set.
Finally, the terminal block for this Tiny Tuesday quilt was completed. The terminal ane is called Cornerstones. It was diagonally set. As I tried to accept a picture...whoops.
Okay, at that spot nosotros go. Since this was to live on gear upwardly diagonally, the middle block was fussy cutting as well as hence that it would live on standing upright rather than lying on its side.
Okay...and that's the halt of that. There are 44 blocks total...only I think I stimulate got 45. Somewhere I ended upwardly alongside an extra.
So...what to practise next? What. To. Do? It seems equally proficient a fourth dimension equally whatsoever to tackle my oldest UFO. In fact, this isn't only my electrical flow UFO...it's the quilt that has taken me the longest to finish...ever...in the history of quilting at the Three Cats Ranch. I suppose it deserves around sort of medal, wouldn't you lot agree? These are all the blocks I made for the Mulligan Stew quilt. You tin read to a greater extent than nearly the root of this quilt right here. It's from a majority entitled, "Hobo Quilts," yesteryear Deborah Henninger.
If you lot hold off at the block 2d from the correct inward the 2d total row, you lot consider a cat. That block is called "Kind-Hearted Lady." You powerfulness remember I picked upwardly this lilliputian souvenir dust collector during our view to the American Museum of the House Cat.
Here's the explanatory banknote on the back:
Getting dorsum to the majority as well as the quilt, I wanted to brand every quilt block inward the book. There are other projects inward Deborah Henninger's book, but this is the ane I chose, called "Mulligan Stew."
So, you lot tin consider that the blocks are sewn together alongside a narrow sashing, which is what my programme includes. However, I had inward hear to practise a edge to advise a railroad track. In my wanderings on Pinterest, I constitute this designing from It's Sew Emma. It pretty clearly set out the measurements for creating a railroad track, as well as and hence I'm going to riff off the measurements from this quilt.
Yesterday I spent around fourth dimension searching through my stash as well as came out alongside around fabrics I think volition larn the chore done. (I'm trying non to buy to a greater extent than fabric.)
So that's where I'll start today, in ane trial I larn my sewing chapeau on.
Progress on Tree #7 for Twelve Trees for Christmas continues. I'm hoping I'll destination this tomorrow or the adjacent day. Here's where it stands.
I've fussed as well as fussed alongside this "Braid Stitch," as well as it is challenging. I want my stitches were a lilliputian to a greater extent than consistent as well as even, but this is equally proficient equally it gets for now. I'm hoping it'll hold off ameliorate when the blood-red beads are added.