Hello ALL hope you are all enjoying your summer in the northen Hemispere while winter has come to us all Down Under even her in the tropics its cold!!!!! I think its to cold if it goes below 20C but the last two mornings we have had 12C and I’m soooo cold. I need to be sitting under a quilting hand quilting not sitting at a computter frezzing LOL This last week has seen me finish completely Laures quilt and hand it back to her so another finish for 2017 I’m very very happy. This week I’ve been concentrating on my Diamond Hill Blocks by Esther and trying to solve a few probelms I have had with the sizing.
Where I was up to last week.
On my journey to make seminole blocks for my sqaures in a sqaure blocks all 300 plus of them!!!!! Cutting and cutting 1 7/8th strips
pinning and sewing those first two rows to make my sets
My first 3 sets made and I like the look of them but you need to sew a perfect 1/4 inch seam to get those wee blocks to fit perfectly.
I do like the look of how these wee less than 2inch squares nestel around the DH block.
Trying out spacers for between these little squares in a sqaure blocks! I wanted just black but do not have enough black fabric.
May be it will work will wait and see I have another 3 blocks to add the flan and extra black fabric to before I can move to the next stage.
It’s difficult to photograph this black floral fabric in real life it looks a lot nicer than in the photo here.
Laying out my cut strips to make in to 10 “sqaures in a sqaure” blocks to frame the 4 blocks of DH
Lying Waitng for the outer borders, I need more black fabric before I can make these up though.
Love how these colours glow even in the night time.
It seems endless LOL near to completion on the first rounds and the sceond border of them, around 160 plus another 160 for the first two broders thats 300 then another 200 plus!!!!
I start by making sets of two then join them in to sets of 4 this keeps them pretty even with and straight.
shot taken this morning after ironing 6 more strips last night still two more strips to make just to frame the blocks my goodness this is a challenge for me who hates sewing by machine LOL
I have also this week started on my sqaures for The Secret Garden designed by Esther also I made a sampler to see what problems I might run in to. Main problem I see with this wee block is if we are to join them together the outide end of the petal has to be perfectly set in the centre of the outer edge as when these wee blocks join those points must meet perfectly or it is going to show up so clearly if you are off centre. I was concentrating on them sitting perfecly in the centre instead of that outer edge.
These are the colours I’d like to work in but not these fabrics as they are both heavy brocade silks and not easy to work with, I think i will use my back ground fabric for the crosses and I need to find a lighter but same colour or tone for the background and I will use mixed leaves instead of the one colour.
My first 100 leaves for SG Blocks pile of washaway frezzer paper, finished needle basted leaves, and a pile of waitng leaves LOL only 140 more to make up LOL
This might help some of you who are still trying to choose colours for those wee blocks for SG
Cut out a 4 1/2 inch sqaure from a piece of waste paper
remove cut out square
Choose your fabric that you amy use
lay your cut out 4 1/2 inch sqaure over the fabric of your choice
Add a finished strip across from corner to corner to make your cross.
Place your petals or leaves in place.
Now you can see what your finished block will look like with out having to cut up all those pieces
A cold fresh morning but the sun is shining so it’s OK
Grandies sand pit and fish pond.
Becoming a quiet place in the summer time.
First blooms of the deep pink catus
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White catus is about to busrst out all over in bloom.
Bougainville needs to be planted out in to the ground now.
Birdbath been cleaned !!!!!
On the left were it is just soil the bush turkey dug out all the young heliconies this morning Grrrrrrrrr.
Sweet breath berries such a stunning colour.
Sweet breath bush is covered in berries this year.
Thank you for dropping in and taking the time to read what I’m up to. Cheers Glenda
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