Monday, January 27, 2025

Keeping up with BOMs and UFOs

Over the weekend, I worked on some guild blocks of the month.  I generally make one to enter into the lottery and the rest for me in a colorway of my choice.  This year's personal colorway is various shades of orange with a black background.  I have half a bolt of the polka dots so it figures prominently.


The green and purple block will go in the guild lottery.  I often don't enter because I don't want another UFO to worry about.  But I usually bring a block anyway.  The second row is another block of the month designed by Kristin Laura.   I don't know who she is, but our co-leader asked for permission to share them with the guild, so I'm doing them, too.  I may combine the guild and Kristin Laura blocks into one quilt.  Or I may make two quilts.  I'll decide this summer.

Next, I started working on some paper pieced threaded stars to serve as a border for the lily block I made last fall.  It's a UFO that has been on my mind for quite a while.  The block on point measures 20", so I will need to add a plain coping strip around it before adding the 6" blocks.  

I bought the papers from the Fat Quarter Shop, and I can see that it will take me quite some time to make the 20 I need.  I have lots of scraps from the Dresden Plate quilt I made with the fat quarter bundle a few months ago.  I hope I can squeeze out all the blocks I need for the border, but if not, I will add some matching fabric from my stash.

Taking the papers out of the back is my least favorite quilting job, especially in winter when static electricity makes it very difficult.  I'm going to try to rub the paper with a dryer sheet to see if that helps.  I usually do this annoying project while watching TV in the evenings. 

Organizing the fabrics (labeling them A, B, C, D) and marking the papers really helps me keep them straight.  These little blocks sure are cute!  I will end this small quilt with a plain border - perhaps the same dark floral one I used for the Dresden Plate quilt.

1 comment:

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

the star blocks are neat - when I did paper piecing for the NYB I took the papers out of each block as I finished them - found it easier then doing all at once.