I have been tossing around the question of whether to blog
or not for a while. Since I’ve decided
to start documenting my process and find out how much time making a quilt takes
me, I figure this is a good time to try out the blogging world and see what
comes of it. Hopefully I’ll have lots to
report on since many of my projects are coming due!
Recently I’ve been working on a penguin quilt. It’s been quite the process getting started.
Usually there’s the easy way to do things, and then there’s
my way. But this time I actually scaled
back a quilt plan. When I started making
blocks I realized this quilt was going to take way too long! My first plan was very ambitious (30 penguins and 74 three
inch nine patches! What was I thinking??)
and a throw with a couple of pillows will be just as cute, right?
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| Queen Throw |
So now that we have a much more manageable throw (55x67) instead
of a monster queen (79x91), hopefully I’ll be able to finish it!
Even though the original pattern calls for paper piecing, I carried
on avoiding paper piecing for just a little bit longer. One of these days I want to try it, because
there are many neat paper pieced blocks out there… but perhaps not when I’ve
got a deadline! I drew a plan, tested my
numbers and got a cute little pillow out of the deal.
Quilt status: 5/12 penguin blocks and all 20 blue on blue
nine patches.
By this point I'm sure that you all think that I only make penguins! It's not true! Though I have nothing to show you this week to prove otherwise - you'll just have to take my word for it.
