Design Wall Monday 4-27-2015

Do you ever have a day where you just can't figure out what went wrong and how to put a block together?  Thursday I was in Maryland at Jenny's and I tried to put together a new block.  After starting wrong I finally got the block together.  And, then I compared it to my directions and oops!  It wasn't right.  I gave up for that day and decided to fix it when I got back home.  

Fast forward two days.  I took sections of the block apart in the evening.  The next morning I couldn't find one of the pieces.  I kept looking for it -- I should have had 5 pieces but only had 4.  Eventually I realized the missing piece was actually sewn to one of the units.  I finally took all the units apart and resewed the whole thing and got it right!  I've got several more of these to make -- I sure hope I have better luck with them then the first one. But I love how bright and graphic the block looks. 

Next up -- trying to decide how to finish these three blocks into a table runner.  Last year I gave a  demo where I had all sorts of these blocks in various stages to show how the block was made.  In my effort to finish more UFOs I decided to turn three of these blocks into a table runner.  Here's my thought process for finishing this. 

Hum, should I put these on point?  Unfortunately, I don't have much of that red left.  So maybe not a big triangle.  I wonder if I can make these on point by using the square in a square technique? Some research on whether I can actually do this with the fabric on hand is needed.  Now alternate plan 2. 

      

Now how do I plan this one out?  So, do the side borders go on first and then the half square triangle on top?  And, here is number 3, a bigger triangle that should fit the side borders. Ok, this might work.  I did a little Internet surfing to find some ideas and saw one that used a print for the border and triangles.  I'm going to search my Christmas fabric to see if I have any that would go with these blocks. I am NOT buying fabric for this either!   I'll keep you posted on what I do with this. 

Despite being gone for three days I got most of my goals done this past week. 

Week of April 20, 2015

Load and quilt donation quilt√

Continue working on Love Shack√

Head to Maryland to visit Jenny and the girls√

Work on Easy Street Didn’t happen!

Week of April 27, 2015

Load and quilt Mary’s quilt

Continue working on Love Shack

Figure out Christmas table runner

Make binding and apply to penguin donation quilt

If you read blogs like I do, mostly Design Wall Monday, take a few minutes to look over Saturday's blog about my visit to the DAR Museum's Eye on Elegance exhibit showing Early Quilts of Maryland and Virginia.

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Happy Quilting All!