Since there are 4 seams all coming together at the central point, if you try pressing the seams to one side, and only over the darker fabric, you will get 2 enormous lumps and 2 enormous hollows. So at some point you are going to have to spread the load and have some of the seam allowance pressed onto the paler fabric. For this you could either 'twirl' your seams (all going the same way around - Annis did this with her 9 patches), or press them open, the same as we did for the pin wheels.

I would suggest that you try one of each and see which you prefer before continuing.

Margo our Guru will know.

Not had time to watch yet but there is sure to be no end of different ways to do the same thing.

This week (Lesson 3: Quarter-Square Triangles) there seems to be a bit of a disconnect and I, for one, need a little more guidance. In the handout, under the heading “Sewing”, #2., Laura says to press the seams open. In the video, she presses them to the side. In #3., she does not say which way to press the sides at all and does not show it in the video either when assembling the four sets together to make the final block. I don't know whether to press seams toward the dark or open, and when! Am I just interpreting the instructions wrong?

I've sent an email to Laura asking for clarification, but, not knowing what her schedule is, I might not get a timely reply and I am so close to finished, I really don't want to delay, even though I still hope to hear from her.

Can anyone who is participating in this classroom clarify the direction of pressing in each step for me? I'd be most appreciative. Oh Margo!!! Help!!! Are you out there?...

I do hope that ideas of how to quilt this sampler are going to be included, because that is quite often where these things fall down - or so I have heard - 'quilt as desired' is not much help for the beginner.

Worked on my pinwheels today/this evening, they have come out pretty spiffing, but my maths/reading could do with some work I managed to get twice as many hst's than needed (picture will come in daylight)

Very pretty colors, Rosemary. Your hand-dyed fabric is going to make the quilting stand out very nicely.

Rosemary - I think the orange centers add to the interest and make the quilt your own. (I'm not a fan of fried eggs so I have to see them more like flowers or the sun to enjoy them.) I can't wait to see the colors of your pinwheels.

Nancy

Rosemary, Love your colors. Fried eggs, indeed. They look yummy!

Well, here is my first weeks blocks, which I finished last night, so I was only one week behind for all of 12 hours
I've gone for the full size quilt, and only have the orange centres because I was running out of the yellow - but I would have had problems of running out which ever colour I had used - kept thinking about fried eggs whist I was making them

Curiosity quilted the cat! Ha!

It's not nosey it's how we develop

twiglet wrote:
Sorry Wendy! I tend to get carried away when I start projects like this. I am a very nosey person and just have to try one more thing

I like them but you made me panic and go back and check how many we needed to make

Thank you, Nancy! Scrappy quilts have become my favourites after I watched the show with the lady who inspired the HST exchange.

Rosemary and Renata, thank you for your tips. The reason I asked was that I didn't get skipped stitches on the blocks that contained non-starched fabric. I did some chain piecing and I had to frog stitch quite a few blocks afterwards several of which were the starched ones (and a few of the others too ) which is why I noticed the difference between the fabrics. I went back and checked the 9 patch blocks I made and they were the same. I just didn't notice it last week.
I will try a larger needle for the next blocks and see if the same is the case. For all of these I have used a # 60 Universal needle. I will try a 70 for the QSTs.
Marianne