I finally started cutting into a quilt I am making for a good friend of the family. I have been scared to start...the fabric is beautiful and expensive, and I don't want to mess it up! But my mom is here and gave me the courage to get started. It is a simple square design, with hand-dyed solids in muted colors. I have 8 fat quarters to cut up, and I finished 2 tonight. This is my first time NOT using the grid lines on the cutting mat, and I hope it helps my accuracy. There is some room for error in this pattern and I think I am going to be happy I chose something so forgiving.
After completing those 2 fq's I cut up some scraps for a scrap quilt I am working on. When I laid them out to show my mom how they will go together, it was all wrong! Ack, how frustrating. I was too tired to figure out where I went wrong so I have my work cut out for me tomorrow. I copied the pattern from a photo of a scrap quilt I saw on craftster, so I had to do all the measurements myself. I am usually good at this sort of thing so I am surprised I messed it up. I am curious to see where I went wrong. I have already done 12 small blocks for this quilt so I hope those aren't messed up too. Here is a link to the quilt I am copying:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=197185.0
Working on getting pictures posted of the things I mention here. Still figuring out how this is going to be formatted, but I am glad I started this blog. And I must say, I really enjoy being in my sewing room. It still needs a lot, but it is functional and cute and most of all, it's mine. So thankful to have the opportunity to have a dedicated space in our house for my creative stuff, even if I have to share it with guests when they visit :)
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