pittsburgpam

Hey, me too! :-P Those quilt fairies are just not cooperating and every morning when I get up... it's STILL not done!!

Can you believe (I'm sure you can) that I am short just 24 little 1 3/4" x 4 1/4" pieces to be able to complete the LAST 6 BLOCKS!! I still need to put that last piece of ivory into the wash.

The other 6 blocks are almost done, they're sewn into the 3 rows of the 9-patches. The HSTs are sewn together for the last 6 blocks and just waiting for those little rectangles to be sewn to them.

sandpat

Oh yes, I can easily believe that because that type of thing happens to me all the time! :evil: Oh well...buckel under and just get that part done, then you can move onto those cute hearts!

pittsburgpam

I can be such a ditz! When I cut fabric off the bolt for the borders I also cut what I thought would be enough to finish the body. When I came up a short I thought that I just hadn't washed enough so, I cut some more off the bolt.

I was pressing the latest 6 blocks (WHICH ARE DONE!) and I happened to glance at the stuff under one of my tables where my scraps are and lo and behold, there is a piece of the ivory I need!

I then remembered that I had cut that last piece in half to iron and starch since there is no reason to work with too large of pieces. There IS enough to finish the body and the last 6 blocks! I am so disgruntled! If I had known that I had that piece then all of the blocks would be done right now because I would have done all 12 at once instead of just six of them!

Hopefully, all the blocks will be done this morning. Soon as I have some coffee.

RedGarnet222

Oh Boy! Am I ever glad to hear other people do things like this .... LOL!

Have fun making your blocks pam. Show us pics when you are finished ok?

tutty

I look through the opposite end of the binoculars and you will be pleased with how much easier it is to plan your quilt out !!!!

pittsburgpam

There's still a lot of work to do on this one. 25 more hearts to turn under the seam allowance, mark the placement and glue onto the blocks, sew them on, then get the rows sewn together. That last row of hearts is going to be a bear, wrestling with the entire quilt to do the applique by machine.

Then the borders.

I think I might start on my son's quilt and take a little break from this. The fabric for the vines needs to be washed, starched, cut, and made into bias tape before it can even start to be put onto the borders. Oh... and get the border fabric starched and pressed and cut and measured. One bite at a time, I guess.

Gramma B

Awesome pattern, what is the name of it! Going to be very beautiful!

pittsburgpam

It's called Magic Flowers (because of the shape it makes between the blocks, I suppose). It's in the May issue of American Quilter and also online if you subscribe to it.

sandpat

Hey Pam...I am chuckling because I do stuff like that all the time...I hate it when I do it too....so..I'm really laughing with you. I'll hand you the rubber hammer to hit yourself with although it doesn't do any good...

UGH...wrestling the whole thing through to applique the hearts...yes, that would be quite the job.

Take it like eating an elephant...one bite at a time! :lol:

pittsburgpam

All 48 blocks are done!!! Just need to make sure of my placement (I see that two right in the center are too close in HST colors), and sew the blocks together. I have the pieces for the sashing ready to cut too.

Lunch time!