Jennie's Threads

Here's my latest quilt top finish. It's a mini version of the Power of Nine Block of the Month by Rebecca Mae Designs. When I first saw the quilt back in December I knew I wanted to do it - I loved the setting. But I had no purpose for the quilt. Sometime I'll make quilts with no purpose, or rather, for me. But I couldn't justify this quilt on that basis (especially the cost). I decided to shrink the block size to 6" down from the original 12" and the shrink the sashing similarly. I was expecting the blocks to be pretty familiar, but with the exception of the favourite Churn Dash and a another couple, each was new to me. Most used the square in a square block or flying geese units with clever colour placement and created fabulous blocks. Here are a couple of my favourites I have to confess that I didn't follow the instructions from the point where I read to cut the fabric to one-sixteenth accuracy for the 12" blocks... I looked at ...

I've spent more time this week working on the Power of Nine quilt. But Mia napped on Sunday afternoon so I have more than one block to share with you this time! I'm loving these blocks - they are mostly new-to-me designs - mostly due to colour placement and the secondary patterns created, and it's really refreshing. I'm also really chuffed with my neat points! So that's five complete blocks, seven left to go and I can't wait to get back to them! After yellow I can move on to green and blue and really start to get a feel for how this quilt will look! And once Mia woke up on Sunday she helped me sort some of my scraps... Linking up with WIP Wednesday

I''m not finding much time for sewing at the moment and most of the time I do find I'm using to finish up a couple of swaps. But on Saturday evening I started a new project! I shared it briefly on Saturday when I posted my Finish Along Lis t (which I nearly forgot to link up!), but I'm so pleased with it that I think it deserves a post of it's own. It's the first block from the Power of Nine block of the Month And I love it. The original block is 12" but I've shrunk it to 6" and I'll use the same layout but as a baby size quilt. I have to confess that I didn't follow the instructions very well. The instructions for the 12" version involve cutting with an accuracy to a sixteenth of an inch. I don't think so. I cut to an eighth of an inch but no further (my ruler doesn't have markings for anything more). So rather than make life even more complicated with the shrinking to 6", I quickly drew up some foundation piecing t...