Blog 508
Progress is steady and varied on the Contemporary Sampler.
Once the creative work has been done and design decisions have been made (and
that’s the best apart as far as I am concerned) it is then all about constant application
and hard work. The different processes concerned are lengthy and repetitive at
this stage and it takes shovel loads of grit to carry on. There is also the desperate
need to see what the finish quilt is going to look like and this is the best
metaphorical carrot in the process for me. Background radio helps but, if I am
working on the sewing machine, I miss half of what has been said! Anyway, here’s
the week’s progress.
Soldering detail 2
Soldering detail 3
Fan before soldering
Fan after
Dutchman’s Puzzle before
Dutchman’s Puzzle after
At this stage, all the individual blocks have been completed
now and here they are on my design wall.
Soldered blocks
I toyed with the idea of finishing it at this stage but felt
that the blocks needed to be separated by lattice work and corner blocks. I
knew this would take a huge amount of extra time but I felt that adding them
would be in the true spirit of the sampler quilt. There are 31 rectangles and
12 corners in the main body of the quilt and another 18 rectangles and 18
corners in the outer border!! I asked myself ‘what have I done!?’ and then I
started to knuckle down and make some progress.
Bordered blocks
Lattice preparation
Stitching
Corner stones
Soldering
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