So I decided I was going to make a churn dash block (because I never had), a granny square block (because I never had), a Rocky Road to Kansas block (because it is stripey and never had), a mod mosaic block by Elizabeth Hartman (because I never had), and a Nell's Star block (because it looked 3-D and I never had). You see the theme here? I figured I could practice new techniques as I make more blocks for the quilt. Last night I decided to whip up the Nell's star block. And boy did I not whip up. It took me 2.5 hours to make one paper pieced 12.5 inch block. Holy crap. MO even said "so this is a very slow process for you huh?" Anyhow I made it through with a few minor mistakes and only had to rip two seams out:
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| first piece |
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| from far away it looks real good ;-) |
Heading over to link up to Lee's and see what every one else has going on! Happy WIPing to you all and may you make progress faster than I do!
cheers
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I made that paperpieced block once. I've done a lot of paper piecing and it was still slow going. I only looked at mine from far away too.
ReplyDeleteGreat job!
I like the new wallpaper on here. I want to make a star block. But for what?
ReplyDeleteHey it turned out looking great! Who's going to be scrutinizing, anyway? Keep on!
ReplyDeleteOoooh, it came out really gorgeous!! Paper-piecing can really take a while. If I'm not worried about waste, I'll pre-cut all my pieces as rectangles which makes it go WAY faster, but you end up with a lot of fabric waste.
ReplyDeletePaper piecing does take forever. I seldom do it for that very reason. Your blocks look excellent.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on paper piecing. Painstaking. But it's an awesome block!
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