Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Units completed on January 1, 2012

P1300379 by jvc_scout_mom
These are the nine large diamond blocks I completed on the first day of 2012. This was approximately 10 hours of sewing.

I did take breaks for lunch, dinner and a little bit of cross stitching (to give myself a break).

I consider myself an "average" quilter.  I admit I spent a lot of time on the cactus/bird block (G6 - top of diamond) and the red/white/green/yellow "diamond block" (I9 - centre right of diamond). 

The rest of the blocks were well-behaved and went together quickly.    Okay, mostly well-behaved.  Don't look too closely at the red/white geese in block I8 (bottom of diamond). 

2 comments:

Elsbeth said...

Hello Ida! I am Elsbeth from the Netherlands and I am working this quilt too. We have a group where we work together. It is great fun. We have about the same colour choice, are going to use the pink and green too? Best regards!

Ida from Central PA said...

I will be using the pink and green for sashing and cornerstones like the original.

I have tried to keep most of my color choices the same, but there are some where I say ... "It is okay to use something different." I did not have a lot of reproduction fabrics when I started this, so some of my early choices are not correct for the period of the quilt. I have heard that it wouldn't win awards at a large/important quilt show because of this. BUT ... this quilt is for ME .. not for a quilt show .. and I like it, and that's what matters! :)