As RealJob ramps up for the big annual frenzy, I find that I’m suddenly inspired to make ever more things. But I shall continue to exercise monogamish-ness to try to continue to make progress on finishing more things than I start.
Let’s follow up on Friday’s dilemmas!
The blanket is still fun to make. Sometimes I make a square and then immediately seam it onto the blanket. That’s becoming unwieldy to do one by one, so now I’m hooking up about 100 squares (over a few days) that I then seam in one long continuous seam. It’s slow, but I think it’ll be okay. Constructed on the diagonal, the size will be determined by when I decide it is half-done and begin to decrease. Feels like a 72″ square will be just right. Any bigger and I think it will weigh too much to be practical.
The quilt is going well! I added three off-brand chambrays from the stash and it stretched the fabrics for improv more than far enough. Half of it is all seamed up and the remaining improv blocks are all done. Just gotta get those last 32 hourglasses done and then the top will be pretty much done! I’ll likely send this one out to a longarmer since I’m ready to move on to finish (and start!) other things now.
On another note, there are some technical difficulties over here. While taking some shots of the patchwork yesterday, my camera media card died and it won’t reformat. After doing every troubleshooting thing I could find online, I await a new card in the mail. There are/were some nice progress shots on there that are likely lost. Meanwhile, I seem to have misplaced my point-and-shoot camera while doing my Spring cleaning last week. So…boo.
Oh well. Have a great week!
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Sorry about this glitch. It’s out of my control and I was never informed of the change.
Argh! Sorry to hear about the camera trouble and lost in-progress shots of things. Technology is occasionally the worst.
It is fantastic that you found chambrays to fill out the Oakshott quilt and that tiny granny squares continue to be fun to make. Three cheers for crafting that feels awesome!
That oakshott fabric is so gorgeous and your quilt is going to look stunning – l look forward to seeing your progress shots:)
hmmm… you sound like me… losing your camera and all. ;)
Boo on the memory card. :/ But yay on more monogam-ish progress! I’m glad you found some coordinating fabrics in the stash to continue your improv. I hope your Monday is as great as a Monday can be!
Well see, it all works out!
I was napping under a 72” square yesterday. Just before I fell asleep I distinctly remember thinking that it really was a perfect size.
The quilt continues to be beautiful!
So it would seem that on the crafty front things went very well over the weekend…but on the technology front, not so much. Par for the course in my world! I hope you get a replacement soon!