Originally Posted by
thepolyparrot
Ohmigosh, you're making an Oh My Gosh? My hat is off to you!
I've had that quilt in EQ for a while - one in 30s repros and white and one in CW era repros and cream.
I'm going to cheat on the 1" four-patches and nine-patches by making strip sets, but there aren't many shortcuts after that, are there?
I keep looking at my pattern and thinking, "What are you
thinking???" But it's such a charming, old-fashioned beauty, how can I pass it up?
Best of luck to you!
Yes I've had it in EQ as well and decided to bite the bullet and get to it. My plan is to cut everything from my sized bins...yes I have plenty of 1" and 2" strips. The secret will be to get enough contrast in the 9P's and 4P's. I'm not calling it cheating...just using my head with the 1" strips! I make the 9p's and when I get down to less than 4 and 5 inch strips I pair light and dark to make the 4P's. Then I get tired of that and start cutting from the 2" strips for the HST's and squares using the easy angle ruler for the HST's pairing a dark and light strip to cut at the same time. For the Richmond block with the 4P on point I'm cutting 8 2" squares to cut in half diagonally for the setting triangles. Have 15 sets of 8 yet to cut for them; then will go back to the HST's. I've been sewing them as I have time on my off days at home. My quilt friends tell me I need therapy...how about yours?!!!!!
