Project 45 BSB Block 9

October block for the Bella Skill Builder is the last block of the quilt. Making the block is my objective for the OMG October of Elm Street Quilts.

I enjoyed making the blocks, there are two sizes and colour schemes. At first I had no idea how to cut the fabric as I don't have the lazy angle ruler. A good thing the cutting mat on which the fabric was cut in the video provided clues. I made the calculations, jumped in to the cutting for one square and it worked ... happy dance ......
The green block turned out amazingly well, guess I am learning how to be more precise when cutting the fabric.

Now need to find time to place all the blocks together and sew. Most likely that will be something for next month.

9 October

One Month Goal October

Time flies .... a bit too fast sometimes .... maybe I am too ambitious in my plans, or just too enthusiastic with too many ideas.

October is here, a birthday coming up for my youngest that needs planning, as well as my daughter's party with her school friends. So this month I will not have a lot of time for crafting.

The minimum to do this month is my BSB block 9 to finish as my objective for the One Month Goal for October from Elm Street Quilts.

A bonus will be for myself if I make a second mini quilt and a bag and ....... Let's see how far I get before my ideas run away again.

Project 44 Mini quilt

I was asked to make a mini quilt. Of course I said yes. This mini quilt encompasses many "firsts". The first time someone asked me to make a small quilt, making a mini quilt and free-motion quilting.

It was quite a challenging project ... I designed the quilt based on a picture I saw on the internet .... then calculated all the different sizes. Cutting and piecing was relatively easy .... well the first try-out was ugly .... with the second version I improved my sewing and the end result was not too bad. The mini quilt turned out a little bit bigger than I thought it would, but that was because my half-square triangles came out a little bit bigger.

How to continue ... I asked Patty from Elm Street Quilts who kindly gave me good advice. Thereafter the next big challenge was the FMQ ... a mini quilt is indeed the best way to try this out and gain confidence. After all if I wasn't going to jump now and do more than straight lines, I was never going to do so. Thank you Patty for the little push I needed.

The end result is a very nice mini quilt. Its size is 19 by 19 inches. Still small enough to be framed, and big enough to place on a table. I can treasure it for a few weeks as I will gift the quilt in November.

The mini quilt and my BSB block 8 were done in time for my September objective for One Monthly Goal

30 September