a stashbusters weekend at-home retreat and FNSI (friday night sew in) enabled me to make significant progress on this long-languishing UFO. i procrastinated big time because of the scads of HSTs (half square triangles) in this quilt. but my wondercut ruler proved to be a real asset and i took the plunge. i've now 2 entire rows assembled (of the 14 total); each has 10 squares, so i still have plenty to do. this project is nearly total chain piecing, feeding little pieces into the machine as fast as possible. this will be my main machine project until the flimsy is done, which may not be until mid-september or later. no real rush until i get the word on a job. this quilt is from marsha mccloskey's book "quick classic quilts," a book chock full of beautiful traditional designs done in nonboring ways. one caveat: the word "quick" is relative of course, but when i actually sat down to sew, it didn't take too long to get a number of squares finished. even so, it's a lot of prep work beforehand. as you can see, in addition to the completed rows, i've quite a stack of units at the ready, so in no time i should have another 2-3 rows ready to put together. better than that, soon i'll have another empty shoebox!
I thought those blocks looked familiar. I have that book by Marsha and though I love many of the quilts, I have always wondered at the choice of the word "quick" in the title. Maybe it was quick when the book was written and people weren't "speed-quilting" as much as we seem to be doing today.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I do love the quilt you are making. Hats off to you on your progress!
As usual Grace, it is simply stunning! My hat is also off to you, what a gorgeous "flimsy"...
ReplyDeleteNorthwind is such a great block -- I've had that McCloskey book for many years, too.
ReplyDeleteLove the red and white! I think I need to dig in my reds and plan something (yeah, like I need another project!)
ReplyDeleteCathy B