Block 44 - Tazzie

Oh my goodness, do I feel a sense of accomplishment tonight? Yes, definitely yes! I've completed block 44 of my Nearly Insane quilt. It's a toughie, and I'd wager possibly one of the toughest in the quilt.

Those little stars in the block measure 2.5" finished, so you can imagine how fiddly all those inset seams are. I think larger versions of these stars will be a breeze from now on!

You know what's funny? In my picture, you can see some of the light fabric triangle sections and a couple of squares are brighter than other areas ... I didn't remember to pull all the freezer paper pieces from the back before I took the picture, and you can see the dark table surface through the other areas. Duh!

Not sure what block I'll tackle next - there are only 13 to go now :-)

Blocks 68 & 72 - Tazzie

Just so you know I haven't been slacking off ;-) here are my two latest Nearly Insane blocks.

This is block 72 - I made it late-ish last night. It was late when I took the picture, and I'm declaring that the hour was the reason for the blurry picture - nothing to do with the camera operator *lol* I was able to use some of my skinny leftover strips for this block. With the tiny pieces, nothing is wasted, that's for sure!

And here is block 68 - I made it on Friday, but haven't showed it off yet. Another one that has used the tiniest of pieces.

I had a couple of questions from people I wasn't able to personally email back to - mostly asking about the size of the blocks. They're six inch blocks - and can be quite time consuming for such small blocks, but very rewarding.

Now I only have 14 blocks left to make. I'll try and make another tonight. I'm already thinking ahead to how I'll quilt it, this is such fun! :-)

Just for fun - Tazzie

Just for fun this morning I thought I'd lay out all the elements I have got/made so far for my Nearly Insane quilt.

Clearly I still need to cut more sashing strips and cornerstones. And even though I only have 15 blocks still to make, doesn't their absence leave huge gaps?

Seeing this picture really spurs me on to finish the top. As soon as I've finished covering Camo's books, I'm getting right back into making blocks. This is EXCITING!

Another row added - Tazzie

Last night I added another row to my Nearly Insane quilt. You can see that three of the corner blocks are in place, so I'm more than half way with the top now. (As long as you don't include the inner and outer border!)

Here is the full view of where I'm at ... hard to get a good shot of this ... the quilt is going to be a big girl!

And here's one a little closer, you can see some of the blocks a little better :-)

I was so excited to get this row in place last night that I made so many rookie errors while doing the stitching. I really think I did more 'unsewing' than sewing. Seriously! And I was so into it that I lost track of time - I was jolted into reality when Marty came into the sewing room at 1.15am and asked if I would be thinking about sleeping anytime soon ... Ooops!

Block 37 - Tazzie

Here is my Nearly Insane block 37 - I'm a few days too late for the NI Yahoo Group challenge, but still totally thrilled to have this one done. Why? Because now I can add the next row to my quilt top! Yay!

It didn't take nearly as long as I expected - I started the block after dinner yesterday, and I finished it up at around midnight. Not bad really, considering there are a lot of REALLY small pieces in this one :-)

Block 28 - Sue

I decided rightly or wrongly not to redraft this pattern Unfortunately that means some of the corners are in the SA.

I hope it’ll look OK when sewn in.

                                  

Block 22

Amazingly I never noticed the flying geese on the sides of the block are going the wrong way.

Sue

Block #55 - Ann

I was in the mood for a green block, and had this all planned out. I penciled in my plan, and by the second piece I had already used the wrong fabric. Oh well. By the end I was tired of looking at all of these greens up close, but now that I am able to stand back and look at the block as a whole, I can live with it again.

Three more and ?? to go!!

I have managed to make another 3 Nearly Insane Blocks but haven’t had time to post them, so here I go..

Block 27 which was a little tricky. Will have to fudge those 1/4” seams when I add the sashing.

 

 

Next is Block 16

This was relatively easy

Then Block 4 Which I really enjoyed.

I am struggling along with Block 22 at the moment. My printer printed the pattern wrong ( I think it was my margins or something) and I didn’t realise until I had pieced 2 of the outside borders and got 7 flying geese instead of 6. Then I ran out of the outside fabric on the 4th border, so I did what Salinda Rupp would have had to do, and used a different fabric.

Ah well I had done too much to redo the borders. Will post the photo as soon as I’ve finished it.

Thanks for dropping by

Back again! #23

It's been a while but I'm still here. Quite enjoyed 23, am still in the middle of 22. I will never be as industrious or as fast as some of you but I do intend to finish. Have greatly enjoyed the variety of blocks shown here - always interesting to see other people's fabrics!

Block 80 - Tazzie

Here is my block 80. The middle of the block had me quite puzzled for a while, as the pattern in the book bears no resemblance to the block that the author made, or to the block in the original quilt. In the end, I just made up a checkerboard using 1" strips and cut it down on the cross to a 4" piece, and then added the border sections. Probably not the most accurate way to put it together, but I'm happy with it anyway. And very happy also to get one of the tricky ones checked off the list!