I had cut the pieces for these blocks over the weekend. It seemed to take me forever! I'm using my scrap bag. I emptied it all out and chose fabrics that I thought would look good together. I started sewing them together this afternoon. I was surprised how quickly they went together. They measure 4.5 inches square.
These are two blocks in progress. I sewed each corner unit first. Then it had to be trimmed down to size. I then got the middle strip together. Once you sew the corner units to the middle piece, it becomes an odd shaped 9 patch at this point. It was easy to sew the three strips together. I worked on all 6 blocks together. Chain piecing made it even sew up even faster.
Here are all the blocks I've made so far for Long Time Gone. I like it so far! There's a total of 16 different type blocks to make this quilt. I have 3 down, 13 to go!!
Looking good! It's a long haul type of quilt, but each step was a lot of fun to make.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Em! I think you're so right. This quilt is not a quick project but it's very addictive and engaging at the same time!
DeleteThat's quite a challenging project you have going; i like the criss-cross blocks a lot...nice work hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteThank you, Julierose! I hope it doesn't get too much harder!
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