Friday, May 31, 2013

This is where I was just before stopping to make dinner on Thursday night.  It may look like I have less border units, but not so.  I've spread them out to get a better look at what Koriander Kompass is going to look like.  I am excited!  

The first photo has the six compasses (left and center) not sewn together.  The bottom photo has them all sewn together.  All nine are finished into blocks.  I've moved them around to distribute color.  This may not be the final layout...what do you think?  That real bright one in the middle seems to take center stage.  Not sure I like that much.  I have nine compass centers to applique into place along with many more HSTs to finish the border.  

Today is the last day of May.  Wonder how much I can get done before Aunt Marti let's us know what project is June's for the Thirteen in '13 UFO Challenge.  TGIF everyone!

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Happy Birthday to my lovely niece, Tiffany.  She celebrates her 21st birthday today.  Can you remember celebrating your 21st?

Here is where I start my PJ day!  I got some help from Bonnie and Sue today removing paper from two of the compasses.  While they worked on that I was using my Bloc Loc HST Ruler to square up a bunch of 2" units.  It takes quite a lot of them to get around each compass.  Before Wednesday was done I had the two compasses from lunchtime ready for assembly.  The three in the middle are ready to assemble, you'll note they don't quite line up with the three finished on the right.  The three compasses on the left are in three different stages. The top one is the furthest from being complete.  There are more HSTs to be made!

Have a wonderful day everyone...Koriander Kompass and I are going to be real close today! 

Design Wall Monday, May 27, 2013

Happy Memorial Day.  Thanks to those who have made it possible for me to live in freedom.

Koriander Kompass is coming right along.  (Pattern information can be seen here, it is #8.) I had a full day of sewing on Sunday.  As a result I was able to finish three of the nine compass blocks.  They aren't too hard to assemble, but they do take a bit of time.  I decided that it was necessary to square up the small HSTs that I had made earlier in the week.  They just were not going together well.  This project is pretty terrific so I did not want to try to botch it up and end with something I would not be happy with the results.  I also thought I would spend my Sunday on border units...so much for that!  Still a full day getting these three together.  I did make one decision once the compasses were together.  The centers matching the large point units does not work.  They just do not stand out that much; too matchy.  The middle triangles are not large enough to provide separation.  What seems to look best is to pull in either the small points or one of the two outside ring fabrics.  

Today I plan to work on assembling more compasses.  Part of the reason it takes so long is the pulling of the foundation paper.  Sewing the background to the compass has been much easier than I had originally thought.  I will need to assemble more of the smaller HSTs for each block.  Each one is trimmed down to 2" (finishing at 1.5").  Maybe I will get a few of the border units done along the way.

If you want to see more inspiration today there are other Design Walls to view through the links at Patchwork Times.