friday workday

pinwheels

since last friday workday, i finished my pinwheels block. we had already learned the skills for it, so my mom and trish just gave us instructions and told us to put them together on our own. done.

drunkard's path

this was the week for drunkard's path. my mom loves this square. it's pretty, but i don't know if it was worth the hassle of putting it together. i don't like sewing on curved lines. it didn't get better as i went, either. in fact, i would say it probably got worse and worse. this was the week of the seam ripper. i can't tell you how many seams i had to take out and redo. i'm pretty happy with the result, but the square is a little warped when you see it in person. not great. but i'm not taking out another seam. 

kaleidoscope before

we also did our kaleidoscope square. i liked this much better and am really happy with how everything came out. that is not to say that i didn't have problems during the process though.

despite trish's specific warnings and my confidence that i wouldn't make such a mistake, i sewed the corners to the wrong fabrics on two of the squares (see before picture. did you catch it on your own?). i didn't even notice until i went to take a picture, and even then, only barely noticed it after the fact.

more seam ripping.

kaleidoscope after

but, i finally got everything in the right place and finished them up. waiting to put them together until i lay out the whole quilt.

we are marching along and almost done. next time, we are learning the "y-seam" with spools and le moynes star. only two more after that.