Archive for November, 2009

I’m working on a Tennessee Waltz quilt using Sue Bouchard’s Quilt in a Day book, and so far I’m really pleased with the way it’s turning out.

I love the colors and the fabric, especially since I didn’t have to pick them myself! The lovely employees at my LQS saw how lost I was, pointed me towards the batiks (which I’ve actually never used before), had me pick out one piece that I liked, and helped me coordinate everything else around it. The top fabric, the dark blue with swirly teal bits, was the first one I chose, and I think everything else goes with it very nicely.

My new toy for this project was the Quilt in a Day “Triangle in a Square” ruler set. I’ve done several projects from this series, all using the same star design, and used flimsy plastic cutouts to trim the star points; having a heavy ruler I can cut around helps a lot! Definitely a good investment, even if I was silly and forgot my half-off coupon when I went to the craft store.

Thus far, I’ve got all the components for the star blocks ready to go, so now I just need to sew all of the nine-patches together and square them off. Once those are done, I’ll be about halfway finished with the top, though probably closer to 3/4 of way done with the piecing time. I’m really excited to be working on it, likely because it’s coming along so well, and can’t wait to see the finished product.