Saturday, March 5, 2011

First “Bottled Rainbows” Blocks


What fun this is… not that I expected it NOT to be… but when I finished with a block, not only does it look cool… it’s already quilted!   

First, I sashed the neutral center.


Then, after making the quilt sandwich, I pinned the sashing before laying out / fiddling with the scraps, trying to make them look good...


Even though I glued the blocks down, I added some straight pins "just in case" and as a way to pin-baste the center.  I used my walking foot because I was sewing through multiple layers... worked like a charm!  I then stitched around the center block... 1/4" from the seam.


Looked good when I finished and de-linted it...


...and the back looked cool!


Today, I’m going to take my Michael’s coupon and get me a pinking rotary cutter.  I have been putting it off but now I have a good reason to get one because I would like my pinked edges to be straighter…  however, I still see a need for my pinking shears.



Just HAD to do another block…  so I did!


Now I kinda have the hang of it, let’s see how many I can get finished today…



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