Jen's Quilts

This year I thought I would take on a quilting challenge, so I signed up for Aves , a Block of the Week quilt by Kathryn Kerr of Green Avenue Quilts . Every Sunday starting 21 January 2018, I receive the instructions to complete one block for the quilt. The plan is to complete the current block before the next one is released. Week 38 Of all the new tips and tricks I have learned so far while doing this quilt, foundation piecing is my favourite.  Good thing too, considering what happened this week. Instructions were given for foundation piecing an interesting 6" finished block.  I cut out everything on the Sunday, and after work on Monday I took the print outs and soon had the foundation piecing done.  All that was left was to join all the bits together to make the final block. But then... While on my way to work on Tuesday, I received a 'corrections' email.  Apparently we had been given the wrong size foundation templates, and the finished block ...

This year I thought I would take on a quilting challenge, so I signed up for Aves , a Block of the Week quilt by Kathryn Kerr of Green Avenue Quilts . Every Sunday starting 21 January 2018, I receive the instructions to complete one block for the quilt. The plan is to complete the current block before the next one is released. Week 37 Nothing too tricky this week.  Just fiddly small pieces as usual.  This time it was eight 3 1/2" blocks to continue the light section around the dark middle.  it was so straightforward that I managed to get it all done Sunday afternoon.  I also managed to finish watching a series on Netflix at the same time. The only thing wrong with finishing up the blocks so soon was that I was at a bit of a loose end the rest of the week.  Perhaps I need to pull out another cross stitch...