Sunday 9 July 2017

'Friday Night With Friends' for July

 
Thank you Cheryll for hosting us again for FNwF... always great to join in & get some good work done, as well as visit all the other ladies in the days afterwards!

Friday saw me out on my sewing room... pressing my white & blue fabric... cutting, stacking, cutting, stacking... just check out my pretty piles!
 3 different sizes of squares... 2½", 3" & 4½"... 432 squares total!
The 3" squares are destined to become half-square triangles (yes it seems I have a thing for hst at the moment!) so I spent a little time on Saturday afternoon marking them in readiness for sewing.

There is 16 blocks in this quilt... I definitely won't be doing a marathon of HST creating... rather I'll sew 18 pairs, then cut/press/trim, in order to create the 36 HST needed for 2 blocks... then repeat that process.
The thought of pressing & trimming all 288 HST continuously... um, nope!!

Thanks again Cheryll for hosting us... do be sure to pop by her blog & check out 'Friday Night With Friends'... it's great fun!
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mrHS arrived home on Friday night, from an overseas work secondment... 4 weeks in +40°C made for interesting days... & walking out of the airport back home to 5°C "was really quite bracing", apparently! But no rest for the wicked, he's back to work on Monday.

Don't forget, Tuesday is PYT again... get out your EPP & get ready to link it up!
I'd love to see some more names on the linky.

Hope the weekend has given you a chance to do something really enjoyable!
Thanks for stopping by!

13 comments:

Narelle said...

I love that blue fabric. This is going to be a stunning quilt xx

Maria said...

Oh what fun doing all that cutting.....NOT. But I'm sure it will be worth it when you put them all together.....Did you know there is a way to make 8 HST at once?
Oh Hubby would have felt that change in the weather...brrrrrrr!

Ondrea said...

I love those colours!!!!That quilt is going to look absolutely beautiful. Hope your hubby hasn't caught a cold after that extreme temp change.

Michelle Ridgway said...

Definitely pretty little piles of squares. That is a lot of cutting there. I hope your Mister aclimatises quickly x

sunny said...

And such a pretty blue!! I think your plan of attack sounds good. I've been hexing, so I should be able to link up this time!! It's a beautiful summer morning here, so we are off to do some kayaking.

Lin said...

Nice work Anthea. With Tuesday in mind I got out my Hexathon this afternoon! xx

Fiona said...

The quilt is going to be striking. I"m with you on doing some of the HST's at a time.....
Hugz

elliek said...

Love the blue flutterby range fabric. Stunning quilt. Will try to get another round done on my millefiore rosette before tomorrow!

Julia said...

Hi Anthea, love the blue fabric, this will be a pretty quilt.
Julia

kiwikid said...

That is a lot of cutting and ironing Anthea. .love the blue you are using. Good to hear hubby is home safe and sound.

Anita : Shabby Quilt said...

Nice work. Lovely colour blue.

Susan said...

The preparation is always the least exciting part...will be lovely when its done.

Brigitte said...

I always love to see such stacks of fabric as I always try to imagine what kind of blocks these will make.
Coming back from 40+° to 5°, wow, what a difference. Your husband needs some time to get used to the colder temperatures, doesn't he?

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