I'M STILL HERE

Bet you all thought I had forgotten about these blocks. No way! I have been a bit busy on other things. I am now in catch up mode again. I pulled a load of fabric from the cupboard at cut it into strips which I thought were the most popular sizes used for these blocks and have been gaily chopping away. Here are the results so far....

Here are my strips...

and off I go...

Queen Charlotte's Crown - Week 31

Hearth and Home - Week 30

Mrs Morgan's Choice - Week 29

1930's Square - Week 24

1941 Nine Patch - Week 23

Z Cross - Week 26

Leap Frog - Week 12

Rally Round - Week 34

Envelope Motif - Week 28

Windmill 2 - Week 27

Rotunda - Week 3

Triangle Chain - Week 25

You may notice slight differences in my blocks and the printed ones on Quilter's Cache, I just decided I would do them a quicker way from some of the instructions given!!! Oops! Sometimes I went wrong too! Oh well, can't be helped, I am getting there though...off I go to make more of the backlog blocks.

back to batiks

You would not believe how many pieces I sewed together in the wrong places on these two blocks. Honestly, I only had one (pint) of beer beforehand! And I didn't realize that the first one was going to come out at 9" (rather than 10") so I got totally confused halfway through when I went to square up one of the sections.

Anyway, aside from that I like the triangle chain a lot. This week's "z", not so much...

under the wire

looking at the points I created, or actually the "wanta be points" I'm thinking I should have actually used the measurements in the instructions :-) In my usual fashion I cut a quarter inch larger, with the plan to trim, but that doesn't work so well unless you trim at each and every stage. Sigh.

You'll also notice I put the four quadrants in the wrong direction -- ah well, no worries. :-)

Yanking My Chain

I'm sneaking in under the wire this week. I almost missed my self imposed deadline for staying up to date on the weekly blocks.

Despite following the directions exactly (for the first time ever, I might add!) all the nicely matched points and my careful handling of all those stretchy bias edges did not produce a perfect block. As you all can plainly see, it did not come out square nor does it measure 9 & 1/2 inches as it should. I don't know why for sure and I am not willing to rip & re-sew. I am not feeling the love for this block. The finished quilt example on the webpage doesn't make me want to grab my rotary cutter and dive right in so I'll probably never attempt this one again. Dividing a nine inch block into 4 quadrants and then adding in those diagonal seam allowences makes for fuzzy math for me, the arithmatic dork. Give me good old even numbers and I'm much happier.

I see we have several new members. Welcome one & all.

Heather's Triangle Chain

I was feeling purple today!

Off Kilter Triangle Chain

Here is my triangle chain. the points look good but my measurements were off so the various pieces of the blocks don't fit properly. You can see along the edges where there are sections that are either too big or small. It seems that I have a mental block when it comes to measuring anything in eighths. This has happened on a previous block as well. I'm OK with halves and quarters, but those eighths get me every time.

The sad thing is that I work with numbers for a living so you would think I could do the math and get it right. But I guess the brain has had enough of numbers after working with them all day and says "what are you trying to do to me?" LOL!

Ros - Week 25 - Triangle Chain

Hi! I'm Ros from London, UK and I have just joined the block party. I started a blog earlier this year and I've been having a lot of fun. I've just completed 3 different swaps with ladies from US and Australia. I saw this block party and thought it would be a bit different. I've been quilting on and off for about 10 years and enjoyed sewing since I was at primary school. I enjoy a challenge and I love bright colours, particularly batiks.
I'm married with a daughter at uni and a son in secondary school, both musicians. My husband runs an IT business so I help him a lot, and I spend the rest of my week in church activities (running a bookshop, designing and making banners, fundraising, and involved with the youth ministry).

This is a block which I made in another swap which I thought you might like to see. It is the Union Square from week 19.

Kathie's Week 25

This block just seemed to be crying out to be made in batiks, so that's what I did. I used the same shortcut as in week 15 to simplify making the block.

Triangle Chain Done!

What happened? It seems that QP posted the block for this week on Thursday instead of Friday. I found it there yesterday and couldn't help but get started on it. I went into my sewing room at around 11:30pm just to pull out some scraps for this block. Some crazy fabrics since my 9-inch blocks all have some kind of kid's print in them. Then I found myself cutting the pieces out - just cutting to have everything ready for today. But then I couldn't help myself. I started sewing and putting the block together and Voila! Done! I like it and it was easy. And finished at barely past midnight!

week 25

This week's block looks like it could be tricky with lots of bias edges. At least each section can be squared up before assembling the whole, and there's nothing to line up from section to section :-)

I'm amazed at some of the things I've learned to look for doing this block each week -- bias edges, sections that line up, whether its easy to square things up as you go along... Guess these are all parts of increased precision, so the challenge is meeting my stated goal...

Oh yeah, time to get back on topic.... this week's block is "triangle chain".