I had intended to sew up the last of the foundation pieced Ella blocks way back in June.
I copied the foundation patterns from the downloads that I purchased monthly for half price. Four blocks a month for 21 months at $2.50 USD. But I am only making 50 of them.
And Yes, I made a royal mess more than once choosing fabrics for these blocks. I was determined to not use turkey red, chrome yellow, and poison gree. I chose my pallet from the Sussanah Scraps collection by Betsy Cutchian from Moda.
I redrafted a few on EQ7 and was able to save and print them before whatever happened happened that I cannot find my files.
During some of the online quilt meetings I took part in, I cut out the units and the fabrics. I decided that saving them into individual file folders would keep them together and save losing them like I am prone to do.
I even tried sewing some of the units together, but realize that I cannot talk and sew at the same time and not make mistakes. Speaking of sewing mistakes, 8-year-old Elly has learned to use the seam ripper very well without even being told she has a mistake or crooked seam. Got to love OCD grandchildren. More on her new quilt another day.
Blessings,
Chris
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Lots of little pieces there to keep track of. Good to have a plan to keep them in order
ReplyDeleteI see some very clever color coding on those foundation papers. I'm going to try that next time I do paper-pieced blocks. I often get the colors in the wrong places.
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