Monday mystery solo robin
June 8, 2020I am still fighting my mountain of stars. I have to admit the pile is looking impressive but I have another 30 to do then I can assemble both of the last two weeks. The assembly at least should be quick. I can’t say I enjoy making large batches of the same block, and squaring up 400 half square triangle units really isn’t the most exciting thing to do. On the other hand I am really looking forward to the borders themselves. I think they will look great.
This week we will be having our first discussion group for the instructons. You aren’t obliged to make the quilt if you take part it will be more about design and construction ideas and planning. A large part of this project was to give people something constructive to think about each week. I think it is far healthier to be pondering quilt design than everything that is going on in the world especially if you are trying to sleep. So if you would like to join us leave me a comment and I will look at adding you to the meeting.
I guess we now need to see this weeks challenge. We do need something interesting to give us food for thought. The technique this week is
Folded patchwork
Well that counts. There are a lot of options with that. Not sure how galaxy I can go, I think there might be folded stars, maybe time for me to do some research. How much room do we have to play with, border size this week is
add a total of 12″ to two opposite sides of your quilt.
That’s good, lots of room to play. For me that may let me space out my blocks as though my stars are getting more spread out on the edges of galaxy. It might also allow for bigger more intricate blocks. This could be a good one. It may also be my last week on this quilt. I will have to check my size, which means I also really need to get these flipping stars finished. Ho hum, have to see how today goes, I have a customer quilt that needs loading before I can even think about my stars again.