WIPs Be Gone

Argggghhh!  I don't like it.  Why didn't I stop and take a photo?  I was so into making diamonds, I didn't stop and see what I was creating.  And now it's all together and darn if I didn't lose my center circle and those blue ones make for odd shaped rosettes!

They have to come out.  I made some various hexies and tried them out and found a solution.  But it's going to take a while.  So far I've taken three out and what a chore that was with invisible thread! I learned:

1. It's going to be tricky since I removed the papers from the hexagons. So the ones I use to reconstruct will have to have the papers, so that means new ones - not using the old ones I take off elsewhere as I first thought.
2. In order to rip out the stitches (which are very hard to see) I must put the two hexies with the seam between them right sides together, sit where the lamp is shining over my shoulder to make the stitches appear. Then I can see to rip.
3. It's a good thing I ties off at both ends of each small seam or the hexies would fall apart with this deconstruction
4. Sew the three I am removing into a shape before I add them back.

Little by little....

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Some of This, Some of That

As to stash, I used 2 yards for part of the front and all of the back of the latest baby quilt, and a 1/3rd yd to finish a preemie quilt top. My YTD total now stands at 4.34 yards destashed.

Here's the next to the last baby quilt with the top all finished.

If I made this pattern again, think I'd make the square in the center a square in a square so th it would be a solid block and show off the print more.  Now to sandwich and quilt. BTW:  this pattern is from Moda's Big Block 2  booklet.  It has some really nice 32" blocks. You can easily make a big lap quilt with four of these blocks.  I make one block for a neonatal quilt.

As to slow Sunday stitching, I'm happy to report I was able to do some every day of last week and today also.  So:

I only have one side of a diamond left to whip stitch to my large hexagon and I can show it to you.

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Blessings!

WIPs Be Gone

How did this happen??  I now have 6 baby quilts in the process of being completed!  I'm suppose to be reducing my WIPs not adding to them. Woe is me.  Here are the last two I added to my WTBQ pile:

 My RSC2016 challenge for January is met.  Now to get it quilted.

I found this panel and before I knew it I had it cut apart for a St. Anne's quilt.  26x42 is not conducive for a baby quilt - too narrow.  So I tried to square it up.  It's 35 x 36 - more baby friendly. Another for quilting.  The front is flannel.  Should I make the back flannel also?  If so, should it have batting then? So many decisions.

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