Friday, January 8, 2016

Modern Crosses - Blocks Coming Along... Slowly

I can see now why this project was in the UFO pile.  It's surprisingly time consuming!  I guess if I were following the pattern exactly it might be going more quickly, but I decided to make a larger version and there are a lot of the little 3.5" blocks.

Here's a view on progress to date - many, many more blocks to come.  At about 10 blocks a day, it's going to take me about ten days to get the blocks finished.  Good thing I have all of January to work on this UFO.   To complete the quilt, I will need about 6 large blocks (none done so far), about 35 medium blocks (16 done), and around 60 small blocks (26 done).


Take a look at this adorable little elephant block!  Can't get enough of this fabric, wish I had more of it.  I bought it a few years ago to make the Tokyo Subway quilt (another UFO - maybe for 2017?).  Too cute.


In other news, I put up some new pictures this week.  Cute cat and dog advertisement prints (a Christmas gift from Sam and Daisy) in the hallway:


And a vintage-ish American flag in the sitting room.  I bought the flag on Etsy - who knows if it really is old but it interesting to look at.  Note the gorgeous blue bowl on loan from Bonster below the flag.




2 comments:

  1. Wow P! I love that Tokyo Subway Quilt pattern. Hope you make that one soon. As for your new art, it's hard to beat Kitty Biscuits. Way to go Sam and Daisy.

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  2. Oh and the modern crosses look cool too!

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