The Inconsistent Angles
The rotary instructions for this block were made more complicated by the Dear Jane software, which seems to think some of the angles on these pieces are 46 degrees instead […]
Month: December 2024
The Last of a Dying Breed
This is one of the few remaining beginner blocks. I think I only have three more left, and I like to save them for special occasions. They often get slipped […]
The Pivot
If my count is correct, I’ve sashed together 17 sets of four blocks so far. On each of those, I’ve made sure that the little square cornerstone pieces on the […]
The Geometric Jigsaw
It seemed like there ought to be a way to simplify the piecing on this one, but I couldn’t figure it out. So, I just stuck with assembling all the […]
The Slivers
This triangle block has so many tiny pointy pieces: little pieced slivers in the middle of the block, plus the world’s pointiest appliqué sliver at the top of the triangle. […]
The Things That Are Really Needed
My goal was to do one blog article per day until I got caught up, but you may have noticed that there was no blog article yesterday. It turned out that […]
The Bleeding Edge
There are so many options for piecing this one, and I was taking it to retreat, so I wanted to have all viable options open to me when I got […]
The Triangle That Takes the Cake
Both this triangle and the previous one featured super skinny strips, which is probably why I did them back-to-back … I think this is left over from when I thought I would put […]
The Shifting Chevron
It was a super busy time both at work and at home back in early October … so I was looking for a block that I wouldn’t have to think too […]
The Rough Draft
Some of the blocks in this batch of sashing were done so long ago, when I was so unskilled, that I feel like they are rough drafts of the blocks. Block I11 […]