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 44 Almost there... Four corner blocks to make this week.  The last of the 6 1/2" blocks, but not the last of the blocks entirely - that is next week. A fairly simple design this week, but that didn't stop me from buggering it up right near the end by not following the pattern close enough.  And having to spend time in front of the TV unpicking.  Oh well.  I got there in the end, and it is a nice little block. Times 4. Being the second last week, it was time for the second last assembly.  I gathered up all the other 6 1/2" blocks I had, and some of the 3 1/2' blocks too.  It didn't take long to put them togeth...

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 42 and 43 Still being behind due to holidays, I pressed on.  Both week 42 and 43 required printing at work, and for once I remembered to do that well ahead of time. Week 42 involved foundation piecing, my new favourite.  And with nothing but foundation piecing and straight lines, this was completed with no issues. Week 43, on the other hand, was a different story.  There were templates to cut out and the instructions mentioned hand piecing.  Nah.  Not my style.  I machine sewed the silly, tiny pieces together.  It has meant that the resulting block isn't quite as 'curvy' as it is supposed to be, but oh well....

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 40 and 41 No time for rest, being weeks behind.  I took a sneak peak at the instructions for week 44 which just released - I have a lot to catch up on.  Weeks 40 through 43 are 6" finished blocks, so we'll see how it goes.   I decided to do week 40 and 41 in parallel.  Cut stuff, sew stuff, iron stuff, repeat.  The first block was nice and straightforward. Quarter inch triangles, squares and rectangles. Easy and neat. The second block, on the other hand, was trickier. I even had to read the instructions on occasion, rather than just looking at the pictures. But surprisingly, it worked out, and is also practically the r...

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 39 Not sure if anyone actually looks at this thing, but just in case, apologies for the delay. It has taken five weeks to complete the week 39 block and assembly instructions. I took a three week holiday to South America, and it wasn't possible to get all this done before I left, and it also wasn't possible to fit my sewing machine in my duffel bag. Anyway, for week 39 I needed to make eight 3 1/2" blocks. Some of the pieces were tiny and/or of crazy size. I only managed to to complete one block before I left, so the other seven were waiting to be done the week after I got back. It isn't my favourite design, but it'll do. ...