Today, on my way to work on the MetroLink, I finished the 8th block of the Dawn’s Vicksburg BOM. Only two more blocks to go! It’s been so long since I started this one, I can’t even remember if I have the next block prepared or not…..guess I know what I’ll be doing tonight 
I’ve got something new going on on my design wall! Wow, lousy picture, I need a better lighting setup for DWM pictures 
Check out Judy’s Design Wall Monday post for other DWM posts.
Here are my November First Saturday blocks:
I’ve sewn all the units from steps 1 & 2 of Roll, Roll, Cotton Boll (RRCB) and started working on the borders for Topsy Turvy Nine Patch (finally)!!
RRCB Step 1 above
RRCB Step 2 and TTNP above
I laid out my Technicolor Yawn blocks to decide if I want to add any kind of a border to it. I’m leaning towards a 2″ red inner border followed by two rows of scrappy squares.
Casper “helping” me with the layout…..
I finished the 5th step for the Stay-at-home-robin (SAHR).
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Tamera (of Tamera Quilts) commented on my post yesterday and, through an email exchange, we both committed to start Bonnie Hunter’s mystery quilt, Roll Roll Cotton Boll last night. So I pulled some greens and started cutting 2″ pink & green strips for Step 1. I even started sewing My only rule for this quilt is I have to use fabrics from my stash…..no new purchases for it, I’m serious, no new fabric!!
It’s Design Wall Monday again and I’m usually excited about it but that’s because I usually have something new up. Not so this week….boring Click over to Judy’s DWM post to see some exciting design walls 
I did accomplish something this weekend…..drum roll, please……I have ALL the blocks for Technicolor Yawn sewn. YEA!! Here are all 18 “A” blocks and 17 “B” blocks, ready to sew into a top. In fact, I was humming along on these blocks, having such fun, that I ignored that voice in my head that said, “You should spend a bit of time working on something else so you have some new on the wall for DSM”.
Did you hear that Bonnie Hunter is having another mystery quilt-a-long? It’s Roll, Roll, Cotton Boll and I’ve been toying with the idea of doing this one. I pulled two of the colors needed just to see if I’d have enough in my stash as I refuse to buy any more fabric this year. I’m pretty sure I have enough…….
Click this link: Friday Night Sew-In to see all the sewing action at Handmade by Heidi. In my FNSI action, we have……more Technicolor Yawn (aka Scrap Vomit) “B” blocks. I was able to get 4 blocks done on Friday night. I have 12 sewn & one ready for the final seams so I’m counting it as 13 down & 4 more to go, yea!!!
And it’s “Technicolor Yawn”. It’s perfect, really, because as Katy says, “It’s technicolour for sure. And sewing all those little squares together is certainly Yawnsome.” Much better, don’t you think? I have 10 of the “B” blocks finished now so only 7 more to go before I can start assembling the top
….is this Friday, Nov 19th. Click on over to sign up, if you haven’t already! Hey, I’m not holding it against anyone that I didn’t actually receive the FNSI pincushion I won….I’m betting our mail lady found it irresistible
It’s design wall Monday and here is my scrap quilt again I have six of the 17 “B” blocks together. I’ve taken them down from the design wall so this is the last time you’ll have to see them until the quilt is together Don’t forget to stop by Judy’s DWM post to see what other projects are in the works.
I also did a couple more test blocks using the method described by Jeanie in the comments of my earlier post here.
Jeanie figured out how to make these blocks without ending up with biased edges. Jeanie said, “Anita Estes longarm quilter had a similar blk on her blog recently. It was different but along the same lines of ‘backward piecing’. Following Jeanie’s directions, here’s what I did.
Cut two 12 1/2″ squares of contrasting fabric.
Then make two half square triangles from the squares.
Then layer the two half square triangles (see picture) and make two hourglass blocks.
Next cut 1 1/2″ from the center line on each of the two hourglass blocks but make sure they are cut so the fabrics are alternating. See how the dark fabric is on top in the left one and the light fabric is on top in the right one?
Now flip the pieces and sew.
Repeat with the other side cutting 1 1/2″ from the center on both squares, flipping the pieces and sewing to get these blocks.
If you open the seams and iron them to alternating sides, twirling the seams, it will reduce the bulk.
Next, cut 1 1/2″ from the center line perpendicular from the seams you just did, flip the pieces & sew. Cut 1 1/2″ from the center on the opposite side, flip the pieces & sew.
Important, DO NOT cut the when you’ve just gotten off the phone to find out if the installers are going to show up because you took the day off especially for them to come…..you will cut 1 1/2″ away from the seam you just sewed, have to sew it back together again, and end up with an owie in your block.
Here’s the blocks after cutting & sewing the second center line.
Jeanie trimmed her’s to 10″ so I did too but there’s a bit of a gap were my owie occurred. This took a little longer than the block that’s in Quiltmaker Magazine but you end up with two blocks versus one and no bias edges. So there is backwards sewing as described by Jeanie & Anita Estes
Happy Quilting!
The “B” blocks for this quilt don’t go as fast as the completely random “A” blocks but I’ve got 3 of the them done
I worked on another “B” block of the Scrap Vomit quilt and threw the pieces on the design wall to see how I like the solid colors I’ve chosen. What do you think?
I need to pay attention to where the dark squares fall on these blocks or they’ll end up diminishing the pattern made by the solid black squares. Overall I’m happy with the colors so it’s full steam ahead Aren’t the two First Saturday blocks cute? The colors for the Nov First Sat blocks is a great teal color. Can’t wait to get them together.
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