Time to share my Good Fortune Mystery Quilt progress. Clue number four!
This week we did a little string piecing. At first I wasn't very excited about this prospect, but I dug out some of my strings and made up a couple. I decided I really liked the effect and they went together pretty quickly.
So quickly that I reached my goal, plus a couple extra, rather quickly. I might add string piecing back into my after work routine because it is so satisfying to put together fun blocks and units with what would otherwise be thrown in the bin.
And an update on clue number 3! I pieced the last of the half-chevron units and continued to work on the tiny half-square triangle units.
These tiny units don't leave much room for error, but there are so many of them that after a while you get pretty good at cutting and stitching them.
I'm caught up and ready for the next clue.
Tools and supplies (affiliate links):
Creative Grids 6.5" x 24.5" Rectangle
Fiskars Rotary Cutter
Fiskars Self Healing Rotary Cutting Mat
BLACK+DECKER Classic Steam Iron
Grabbit Magnetic Pin Cushion
Fiskars 8-inch scissors
Juki TL-2010Q
6.5" Easy Angle Ruler
4.5" Easy Angle Ruler
Creative Grids 6.5" Square Ruler
Linking up with Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Monday Link Up. (Link will be active after Bonnie's blog goes live and I get home from work to activate the link.) Totally go see what other people are making on the Quiltville Blog!
Your units look awesome and I continue to love your color scheme! I totally agree with you too about doing more string piecing -- it would definitely be a great idea for those 15 minutes in the evening.
ReplyDeleteLove your layout and the pretty color combination!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on being caught up! Now you can get all your Christmas presents wrapped too. ;)
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