Another block for my "Remember" quilt. I'm loving this so far! Sunday I switched back and forth between this quilt and my Trail Mix. Both are by Edyta Sitar.
I got 100 of my 176 diamonds cut for the Trail Mix quilt.
Now to finish the last 76 diamonds, I have to do a little bit of piecing. Let me explain how I will get these. The pattern tells how to do this. When cutting the diamonds from my strips, I have leftover scraps. (see below)
Cut those apart and you get two triangle shapes. You then take a scrap strip that is the same size as the strips in the strip set and sew between the two triangles. This then gives you a larger diamond shape. Take the template and cut out the exact diamond shape. No waste!
After cutting my 100 diamonds I am left with a big pile of triangles that need to be pieced as mentioned above, then cut to size.
I ended up getting a lot of sewing time in yesterday! Richard worked all day. Andrew being the wonderful big brother that he is, took Hunter to the drag races. So I was home alone until 7:30pm. I made simple healthy tacos for supper which did not take too long to prepare. I made two versions...extremely lean beef and chicken which I used a jar of my chicken breast that I canned a week or so ago.
3 comments:
Two exciting projects going on here, Kristie.
Your two blocks are so pretty. I'm impresses with your progress there.
That is a very smart way to use up the trimmings to get more diamonds.
Like you, I love having my family around me, but sometimes a day alone to sew can be very therapeutic.
you are moving right along on your quilts and they are looking good - your meal sounds great - even though I have to pay more for it I get the lean beef rather than the one full of fat
I love string quilts and yours looks like it's going to be a good one! Lucky you to get so much accomplished over the weekend!
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