Jan 7
Seeing this stack of rainbow blocks makes me so happy!
I've been working furiously on my Paintbox Quilt project these past few weeks, and last night I squared up all the finished blocks. I started squaring them up with my regular ruler and mat, but it was so tedious. Then I borrowed our rotating mat and square ruler from the sewing studio at work, and I zipped through all of them in an hour.
That's a lot of trimmings! Look for the finished wall hanging in a couple weeks...
Jan 12, 2011 at 2:54 PM A rotating mat would be awesome! I absolutely love your pile of blocks...happiness squared. ;D
Jan 12, 2011 at 11:18 AM Melissa - I love those colors! Really brightened my day! Can't wait to see the finished project!
Jan 12, 2011 at 5:52 AM Beautiful blocks!
Jan 10, 2011 at 10:17 PM Wonderful colours for a wonderful quilt. My quilting friend Kathy, has one of those rotating boards and they are so easy to use.
Jan 10, 2011 at 5:12 PM The idea from Cat Lady to help birds sounds good. I must try that. Thanks.
Jan 10, 2011 at 2:08 PM Everytime I read this title I substitute January for "laundry" But it's perfectly appropriate that way too. LOL
Jan 7, 2011 at 9:20 AM I use my squaring up rulers and rotating mat all the time. I keep them right next to my sewing machine so I can square the blocks up as I sew.
By the way, those skinny little trimmed off pieces can be used by birds when building their nests. I keep a bag close by to collect them, then scatter them on the ground in the early spring during nest building season.