Give It A Whirl Blog Hop

“Give It A Whirl”blog hop challenge was to make a pinwheel project. I was excited about this one cause I really wanted to make pinwheel blocks. I like energy and movement these blocks have.

I ended up not having the time to sew that I thought I would. I did get some blocks made and will continue to work on quilt top in the days to come.

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Time In a Bottle Blog Hop

When Carol at Just Let Me Quilt posted for sign up’s I chose to join because I wanted a reason to make these hourglass blocks. I haven’t made to many and I’ve had some trouble with them in the past. So I decided to give them another try.

Making the blocks, I paper pieced them hoping to give myself a chance to be more on point with the blocks. It did help a lot.

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My First Paper Piece Block

I’ve been told for years that I should try paper piecing. They said “you’ll love it”! You know what? Everybody was right, I love it! At first it was a little confusing getting the placement of the fabric right. I had to cut the tape measure strip…3 x’s. After I got the fabric flipped in my head right, it was okay! Besides this BOM, I’m definitely will be doing more paper piecing!

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