Alleluia !

Phew! I survived another week. Thank you Lord for the weekends.

What happen since the last weekend? Well, I managed to sew. It has become a necessity in my life lately. It's okay because there are worst addictions than that, lol.

Okay, who wants to see some quilt blocks? Yeah, that's what I thought. Let's go!

Dec 6 was Mosaic #18.

It is so pretty it should have a better name than that. Com' on.  24 pieces.



The blocks are 6.5 inches unfinished and they are my leader-ender while I work on the last corner of the 365 Challenge quilt. So while I made Mosaic #18, I also created this little "cactus", lol.

Dec 6 was Crossroads with 32 pieces.

But it was very easy. Not in love with my choice of neutral in the middle but it's "good enough".



Then I produced my blooper of the week. This one was a very easy fix.

Dec 8 is for Frayed Sawtooth Star

Personally, I like this one. 44 pieces.


Some of this was also created while I sew a lots of HSTs

Lots of tiny little HSTs.

Let me pause here and show you how I organize the blocks.
I use a Styrofoam plate because it's easy to pin the pieces onto it.

I have a little piece of paper for each letter of the pattern. Here I have from A to N. The fabric cuts can't get lost in the mess on my sewing table and I know who's who easily.



Okay, back to the Christmas Iris block with this piece. Don't know why but it looks like I didn't take a picture of its twin facing the other way. Oh well. Just close you eyes and imagine it. Okay? You got it? Okay, let's move on.

Eventually, with all the little HSTs, I managed to finish this one called


The Christmas Tree.

This is Dec 9 and it has 75 pieces inside the 6.5 inches block.  And with this one as my leader-ender  I was able to finish ...



... drum roll please, ...





Christmas Iris

Oops! Let me fast forward here.

Ta-dah!

and the basket that I didn't photograph while sewing it because I was too much in a rush to finish the block.

And all together! Phew! All of 182 pieces fit together beautifully.
it's 12.5 inches unfinished.

The bottom of the basket looks crocked but I'm pretty sure it was straight when I ironed it. I'll have to check that out and make the necessary adjustment if needed.

Then,  I'll attack Dec 10 which is a doozy! I mean, OUCH!

Have fun sewing !

;^)

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