Pinwheel #8 project advances

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  Today I am reporting some progress on my current project, a pinwheel pattern.

Beginning of this project, and link to the pattern source on Quilter's Cache, is HERE.

Careful pressing is needed for these blocks, with the last seam pressed open:

My blocks came out a little larger than 10.5 inches unfinished.  Better than too small, I suppose.  I trimmed blocks but this led to some chopped off points, as in the brown triangle at the bottom:

Well, probably no one will notice in the final quilt.  I set the blocks with white sashing and blue repro fabric cornerstones, and sewed the blocks into pairs.  Here is where we are today:

Laid out on my floor, in a 6 by 5 setting.  I still need to sew these together.  Then, think about borders.  I have leftover fabric from other quilt projects that I can use for this project.  The pieces are 2+ yards long, of varying widths.

The true green fabric in the middle is the narrowest of the 4 fabrics.  I'll have to unfold and measure these remnants carefully.  Maybe an inner narrow border, and a wider outer border?  We shall see.

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A restart on a really old UFO

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My last project is now a top, and is folded up, awaiting its turn to go to the long arm quilter.  A look on the shelf near my sewing machine resulted in the excavation of a gallon plastic bag full of triangles, and a pattern:

That is the Pinwheel #8 pattern, from the Quilters Cache.  The date at the bottom of the printout was 2008, and a search of my blog indicated that I had worked on a pinwheel pattern in 2009.  This traditional pattern makes a 10 inch block (finished) and looks great in 30's reproduction fabrics.  A really old UFO (Unfinished object)!

As I counted the triangles, I mentally counted how much white background I would have to buy.  But a look in my messy sewing area uncovered about 4 yards of Kona Snow solid that works perfectly.   

And four blocks together:

I have about 24 blocks done now, and I still have cut triangles left.  I am aiming for 30 or 35 blocks and a 5 by 6 or a 5 by 7 block setting.  I will also have sashing in between the blocks.  I must consider a border too.  I am sure I have something in the sewing area!

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Tidepools project is now a top

 Good day, and welcome to my blog.  I am writing with current updates on my Tidepools project.

This is a pattern by Scott Flanagan called Plateau from one of this books, Charming Jelly Roll Quilts.  The start of this project is described in this blog post.  I have been sewing away and I now have a top:

The blue-green colors - I love them.

The blue and green fabric strips are from an Island batiks pack I purchased at Karen's Quilting Corner in Williamstown MA - she still has some for sale on her website.  The border fabrics I purchased online at Creekside Quilts.  Creekside Quilts has a great selection of batik fabrics - check them out.

A corner of the top, showing the border:

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UFO finish: Snowball quilt

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I am on a roll.  I took time out from my Tidepools project to finish a UFO.  I am part of the Stashbusters group on groups.io, and my name was ascending on the queen's list.  Although you get to wear the (pretend) tiara and ermine furs, I really don't want to become queen.  Therefore the finish.  It's just a game some of us in the group play.  See stashbusters@groups.io | Home  if you would like to join us - no politics, no religion, just quilty chat.

My finish:  A quilt in a snowball pattern, in late 19th century fabrics: blues, shirtings, blacks, double pinks, reds, and cranberry:

Each snowball block finishes at 4 inches.  I started this in 2023.  I sent the quilt top and backing to a local long arm quilter and she quilted it with a pantograph called Ocean Froth.  You can see some of the quilting in the closeup picture below:

Overall size?  I forgot to measure before writing this blog post but maybe 60 by 68 inches?  64 by 72 inches?  Something like that.

Linking up with Monday Musings, Sew and Tell at Melva Loves Scraps, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle and Thread Thursday, Put your Foot Down at the Quiltery, Nina-Marie, Finished or Not at Alycia Quilts, From Bolt to Beauty, Oh Scrap at Quilting is more Fun than Housework.

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