I will be taking my time and enjoying each step. At class last week I cut out most of the quilt. This morning I cut a little more. I have all the squares for the HST's cut and the center blocks cut. All that is left is the setting triangles and the borders.
I am slowly pressing each neutral square to a pink or green square and using the new
Mary Ellen's Best Press Spray. (I found my bottle at my local quilt shop and I could not get her website to open this morning) That adds such a lovely fragrance to the air and a little stability when I slice those blocks in half on the diagonal. I find that I take my time and enjoy touching the fabric and pinning pieces together to insure a better connection. I am focusing on this project only instead of rushing through so that I can move on to the next one.
4 comments:
Hi there, I'm visiting for the first time. I think I have to try that spray on my triangles. I have never heard of that before but can't stand when my triangles stretch, no matter what I do, when I cut and sew them!
Oh this is going to be a lovely quilt. I just love the fabric choices. I look forward to seeing the completed quilt.
I have seen the spray you mentioned in quilt stores and wondered if it really worked. I like using starch, but this spray may even be easier to use. I may just have to get a bottle soon!
Hi: I've been cutting my half square triangles overly large and then sizing them down for some time now - works for me and so much less frustrating too. To avoid stretching, try cutting a square of each material, marking the diagonal and them drawing the seam line in your quarter inch seam allowance each side - stitch before cutting apart and voila! no stretching!! And bonus - you now have two half square triangles!!
Janet in cold and snowy Nova Scotia, CANADA
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