Some readers may remember the Tiny Star Block Swap/Book Club I've been part of for the last couple years. The Star Block swap is done and we've spent several months discussing what obsessiveness would consume us next.
I did a lot of whining about those three inch stars, but I didn't know when I had it good. After some contemplation, we've decided to swap T Blocks, inspired by a quilt in the book Gone to Texas, and what diabolical little blocks they are... And yes, we're making them smaller. Once again, there are eight people taking part,and at each bi-monthly meeting, we need to have two sets of eight blocks ready to swap. And let me tell you, these are not blocks that you throw together in a couple hours on the night before the meeting.
Each block contains eight little Flying Geese units.
We're all using the Quilt in a Day Flying Geese templates, which make for putzy-ness and time-consuming fiddling, but produce perfect little Flying Geese units.
We're also cutting the outer parts of the block oversize, so the blocks can be trued up to a perfect 6.5 inches. This was a really good idea that I can't take credit for.
So....TA DA...16 T Blocks, all ready to swap next Saturday morning. Done with nearly a week to spare--someone make a note of this, please!
And our book? It's In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson. Really liked the book. Can't wait for the discussion.
7 comments:
Your blocks are perfect and very pretty.
Ever since I made my T quilt, I've loved this block so much. Yours are just perfect, and the fabrics are wonderful.
Be sure to have a great week
*hugs*
Tazzie
:-)
Yikes! Those blocks with the tiny Flying Geese units look beyond fiddly! What a great job you did...they're beautiful!
Kathie they're just wonderful! You'll have another stunning quilt at the end of this exchange, I'm sure!
Ah, yes... Putziness... The wages of perfection. A bit more than half-done with mine. Actually, nine of us in this exchange ; )
I remember the little star blocks, so neat that you've got them done. Oh wow on the little T blocks, they are lovely.
These look wonderful. I do like the eleanor burns method for flying geese and i love how you've oversize the edge pieces so these can be trimmed down perfectly.
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