Today has been cool and rainy - the perfect weather to stay in and piece. I've been wanting to work on the occasional something - just to break up the endless sameness of this Mrs Billings Border. I found this little block pattern and templates that I picked up in November from Somerset Patchwork & Quilting.
The little pattern comes with a cute selection of fabrics and laser cut templates. Aren't they all just darling?
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I put one block together, and it's really sweet. Sadly though, it hasn't come out at the exact right size. It needs to be 4" finished, and it's around 3 3/4" finished. I've had a look at the templates, and it's my fault. The diamond shape is directional, so I'll have to take care with cutting and pay careful attention when piecing, and then it should all work out fine. You can see a little fullness in the middle where it's pulling.
LeMoyne Star
It's really cute though, and I can see more of them in my future. And then it was back to working on the Mrs Billings border. This is tricky chain piecing, I have to start and finish in between the seam dots - once this part is done, then I have to come back and insert triangles between all those points.
2 comments:
It good to hear it is a little cooler there for you. We have been hearing about temperatures there in the mid 40's. I can't imagine how that would feel.
That is a cute little star block but it sounds like it is going to be very fiddly
Just looking at those Mrs. Billings bits made me break out in a sweat . I could never ever get those to match up!
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