PosyP wrote:
Can't wait to see these with "fried eggs"! I think it will be a very happy quilt.

Pinwheels -in need of trimming.

When doing a diagonal cut across a square we need to add on 3/8" to the size of the square. For the hst's we cut at 4" and needed to trim about 1/8"(?) or so. For the qst's we cut 4 1/4" - only 2/8" larger - I found that I was only trimming a couple of threads off on some of my sides, or just the bunny ears (where it was a thread or so small, I just ignored it and hope it fits in the final quilt ok )

twiglet wrote:
Thank you, Wendy. You are right of course and I was just getting too cocky because I managed to turn out decent HSTs for the first time
Good idea, posting questions in the Classroom comments. I will do that.

Marianne

Marianne, I had trouble with the size of this weeks blocks. It seems I got carried away and was using too generous a seam allowance. I discovered it before I was completely done but I am afraid not before there was a considerable amount of ripping to do. I thought the 4 1/4 block was supposed to be generous and allow for some squaring up in the end - but not for me. If it weren't for all the ripping I would have been done 2 days ago. I will wait until I hear more about the problem with measurements for next weeks project before I do any cutting. I think my most important quilting skill is persistence.

Looking back I see Annis discovered that the 4 1/4" block was not oversized. I was expecting it to be. All my blocks were coming out short. They are fixed now.

Don't feel down we are learning and that's the whole point. Why not put a post for Laura to ask her advice on the class bit.

Nancy, your blocks look very intriguing. I really like the way they are so different despite all being the same if that makes sense. Thanks for sharing
Annis, your expanded quilt will be stunning. So many fabulous quilts to look forward to seeing "in the flesh"
Limbania, what a great idea to use the sampler quilt as a starting point for a novelty quilt with a panel in the centre. I nearly chose to make a Christmas quilt but found I did not have enough winter/Christmas fabrics in my fabric boxes but I never thought of using a panel to "stretch" the fabrics.

I am having a very hard time making this week's block. I felt I had come a long way the last 2 weeks compared to before setting out on this adventure but I think this block is really pushing things a bit too far for me. I am trying different ways to make them and hope I end up with a method that will work for me. A friend suggested that I started with 4 ½" squares and then cut the patches down to size so I was sure they were all the right size before I put them together. I will try that today when I have used up the squares I had cut in advance starting the blocks. A bit silly to cut all the squares before trying to make a block but I had a really good result with the HSTs so I thought I was doing ok. Obviously not

Marianne

Fabulous Nancy

Nancy, your blocks turned out very nicely. Hope you'll post your AAQI quilt too!

Just finished this week's blocks:

Now, back to my AAQI quilts until next week's assignment....

Nancy

crocus999 wrote:
I did write a comment on the class page. The instructions did not say anything about squaring them up and the 4-1/4" size for the background was not oversized. The 2-7/8" size works with a 5-1/4" background for a 2" x 4" finished block.

I think Laura has been giving the measurements oversized so you can trim them down. I've been doing mine a bit bigger but they are smaller if you know what I mean (4.5" blocks)

I didn't notice that one Terri but I had looked at the PDF for next weeks star block and I had been wondering how the flying geese could be done with 2 7/8" squares. I was getting ahead of myself and have already cut all my squares to that size.

I love the way so many of you are going outside thebox and extending the number of blocks into a bigger quilt. And changing a triangle's colour here and there works well too.

Annis, did you let Laura know about the miscalulation? I noticed on the pinwheels that the instruction said that we would produce 5 HSTs, but it really only gave 4. I think I wrote a comment on the class page about it. Did anyone else notice that?