One Day Rush!

Still on Target

I’ve been up in the loft all day, trying out the Westalee Rulers I bought at Festival of Quilts in August, whilst keeping an eye out for Clue 4 of Bonnie Hunter’s latest mystery quilt ‘En Provence’, as I wanted to get on with it before the busy few weeks coming up. 

As soon as I saw that the instructions were out, I broke off and got stuck in. Here are my 40 finished Tri-Rec units (half the number required for the full size version) made from the dark purples and the neutrals – all scrappy – plus one spare neutral triangle because I miscounted again! (Visit LINK UP  from Monday to see everyone else’s blog pictures. It is such fun to see all the different fabrics other people have chosen.)

Back to those rulers; It’s the first chance I’ve had to practice with them on something not too precious, as I’ve been working on pieces for other people and things for the craft fair these past few months. They worked quite well but I had difficulty with the ‘spinning’ ones that  are pinned to the quilt. The pin underneath keeps catching on the bed of the machine and gets stuck.The first attempt below was very wobbly even after I unpicked it three times. 

The second attempt was actually not too bad. But I am sure there is an easier way of doing it, so I’ve posted my problems on Facebook to a group of beginner long-armers and already have had some helpful suggestions! Practice makes perfect.

Happy Quilting Everyone!

Janet
PS: Just got some lovely new fabrics which I've added to my store:
Pumpkin Pie by Edyta Sitar (Laundry Basket Quilts) and 'Darling Little Dickens' by Lydia Nelson of Dreamy Quilts.

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