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I've done it! I finally finished all of the blocks for the Farm Girl Vintage sampler quilt. I kept putting off making the last block. I think because I was trying to figure out what color to make the sheep. I just made the cat block in grey fabric, and I didn't want to have too much grey in the quilt. I tried to decide which color would round out the quilt, and I finally decided on pink (even though I just made a pink pig block). I'm happy with how it turned out and I don't know why I was so worried about it. I just need to embroider the eyes and legs. I'll probably do all of the embroidery next (before I sew the blocks together). I'll get it all out of the way at one time. Then I'll cut up my scraps for the sashing cornerstones. I have plenty of those and will still have scraps leftover. After that, I have a LOT of flying geese units to make for the inner border.
I meant to get a picture of the design wall this morning with all blocks, but I ran out of the house without getting the picture. Big meeting first thing this morning, so my mind was elsewhere.
Next up, back to the Crossroads blocks so I don't get too far behind on those.
Be sure to check out Judy L's blog to see what everyone is working on today. Also linking up with Quilt Story and Let's Bee Social later this week.
One block completed! This one of three that I need to make for last month's Crossroads Quilt Along. The points aren't perfect, but I'm okay with that. I've been working on projects with a lot of precision lately, and I'm not going to knock myself out on this one. A lot of times when I just go for it, they come out pretty darn good anyway. I got creative with how I pressed the pieces so they would lay as flat as possible. I'm happy with it. The other two blocks are all cut and marked, so I hope to have those finished tonight. I accidentally cut one extra block - I thought there were four of these. I'll hold on to those pieces in case I have trouble with any of the other blocks. This month's blocks have already been released and I'm excited to get started on those.
Over the weekend I wrote a pattern for class, as well as made some demonstration pieces, so I accomplished more than I can show here.
Be sure to check out Judy L's blog to see what everyone is working on today. Also linking up with Quilt Story and Let's Bee Social later this week.
No change to my Design Wall today. It has remained unchanged for two weeks now. I hope to get some sewing done this week so I have something to share next week! I managed to make four half-square triangle units, but couldn't manage to put together the block they were part of. Oh well. At least I can get inspired by other people's design walls!
Be sure to check out Judy L's blog to see what everyone is working on today. Also check out Quilt Story on Tuesday and Let's Bee Social on Wednesday. Let's Bee Social is the link-up day on the Sew Fresh Quilts blog by Lorna McMahon. Lorna is a pattern designer, teacher and blogger. I just love every pattern she designs. I have purchased several of her patterns, but she also offers patterns/tutorials on her blog for free. It's definitely worth a hop over there to check it out.
