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Saturday, June 1, 2019

Red Is a Neutral ... more blocks

There are not many more blocks, but I put in a couple of afternoons to get these done. Tuesday's work: 
I made these Dutchman's Puzzle blocks. I needed only one but it's an easy block, so I thought I'd make two. As soon as I sewed the final seam on the second block, I realized that I had not arranged all four sections correctly. One was turned the wrong way. What an annoyance!

 Once I started ripping the sections apart, I decided to play. Why not? I needed only one block. So now I have two different blocks that sort of match. 

 Wednesday's work included these two. When Richard came into the studio for a visit, I told him, "I'm running on stupid." That tickled him quite a bit, but I was not laughing at the time. I cut the wrong size patches. So I cut them again, correctly this time, but I cut twice the amount. 

 The one on the bottom is the correct block, but since I had extra pieces, why not? Play I did. I ended up with the block on the top. It looks familiar, but I haven't had time to look it up.
Yesterday I made the Card Trick block. Now that was a mess! I kept getting the pieces mixed up. I pressed seams open and laid them out in the right order, then took a picture. Good idea! I needed it. I think I could make a second one without the visual aid, but I won't.
These five are the blocks I'll have to show on Monday at the guild meeting. I think I should have five different ones but, oddly, I didn't get instructions. As it is, I didn't have the directions for the Card Trick block, so I improvised. Not well, mind you. My center patch was just a little too small, which means my block isn't quite 12". This quilt... I don't know.

So to sum up, very few blocks match in size, some are not blocks at all--just extras from the miscuts, I'm behind on the BOM and don't have directions for the missing blocks. Yes, that's how we do it in "typical Mary fashion." 


6 comments:

  1. RobinJune 1, 2019 at 12:57 PM

    It sounds like it just wasn't your day in the sewing room. I've had some of those. . . But, you persevered and now you have five blocks done instead of three. That seems like a win-win to me. I love the color of red you have chosen. And the blocks look great all together.

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  2. SherryJune 2, 2019 at 6:13 AM

    I like your colors. I have had those kinds of sewing days as well. I remember one time I sewed a single block wrong three times! Oh it was frustrating.

    Your blocks don't look too off size in the pictures.

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  3. Jocelyn is Canadian Needle NanaJune 3, 2019 at 7:52 AM

    Hi Mary, I really like your blocks. I also like your honesty in sharing dealing with your little slip ups and your process. I'm terrible at piecing and get quite discouraged sometimes especially when I see the terrific and smooth sailing work of so many quilters. This gives me encouragement to keep trying.

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  4. KajaJune 3, 2019 at 9:00 AM

    Your blocks are determined to improvise, whether you want to or not. :-)

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  5. Mary MarcotteJune 5, 2019 at 11:51 PM

    Hahaha Kaja, it does seem that way, doesn't it?

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  6. O'QuiltsJuly 20, 2019 at 7:56 PM

    ANd you keep carrying on...terrific!!!

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