Beth, you've made a great start! Your blocks look really nice together.

Thank you.

Here is my block fixed.

Here is my block fixed.

Love when the camera reveals our errors......before we get them in the middle of the quilt. Good save there BethA.https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images...es/thumbup.png

Beth - your blocks are very nice. Sorry to have not posted in the last few days - I have had some problems with Atrial Fibrillation and my hospital rang yesterday and I have to go in to have a procedure in the future. I am on a waiting list and don't know how long that will be for - Covid 19 has a lot to answer for !! I am feeling ok though and quite optimistic to get treatment done. My heart went up to 190 odd beats a minute and it was very scary. I have been put on a beta - blocker and blood thinner medication. Making blocks for Harriet has kept me busy and keeping my mind off things !

DottyD, I'm glad you are feeling okay and are optimistic about your treatment! I hope you won't have too long of a wait.

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Thank you very much joe'smom !

Sounds scary Dotty, hope the new meds and treatment fix you right up. Beth A , your blocks look great!

Sounds scary Dottie. Glad you are feeling better.

Sorry to hear about your Afib, Dotty. It is scary, my brother had an "attack" at work. He was in the hospital for a while but is now fine. He did have to have surgery but it worked. Thank you for providing the next blocks for the group.

Aww - thank you all so much for your kind replies !

Dotty, hope you are up and about soon. I appreciate all you're doing to keep this project going!

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Thank you Marianne, I am feeling fine and just taking it easy. I am loving this HJ journey with you all and it spurs me on as well !

Here are my C-3 and C-6.

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Your blocks look lovely joe'smom !

Thank you everyone for your kind words !

Look for the new blocks on Saturday !!!!!

wow - time for a new set of blocks already? Looking forward to seeing what is selected next.

Finally caught up and ready for the next set of blocks.

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Fantastic blocks Beth !

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Good morning all ! It is a very wet, cold day herein the UK and it is another weekend of Formula One ( which my hubby LOVES ) - so a perfect day for sewing for me !!!

Here are your next eight blocks.

Week 9 May 8th

B 3 Christmas Eve P 23
B 10 County Fair P 28

Week 10 May 15th

E1 Greek Cross P 44
E6 Homestead P 46

Week 11 May 22nd

A4 Broken Dish P 17
A8 Castle Tower P 20

Week 12 May 29th

C1 Courtyard Quilters P 29
C9 Double Z P 37

Here are the blocks I have made :-

Beth and Dotty, your blocks look great! It is fun to see the different color combinations. Hope to get to my blocks for May this week - it looks like it's going to be a gloomy one. perfect for sewing.

Marianne

Just added this months blocks to my tracking chart. Have two scrappy quilts to wrap up. (One for donation and on to use 2.5 squares.) Then back to my HJ quilt by mid week. Looking forward to visiting my bag of fabrics. https://cdn.quiltingboard.com/images/smilies/wink.png

Thank you Dottie! Your blocks look great! I'll be sewing on Monday, wish y'all could join me! Have a great weekend.

BethA, your blocks look great! I love your fabric choices.

Thank you, Dotty! It's always such a treat to see your blocks, they are just gorgeous! (How did you get eight photos to post together like that?)

I have planned through row F, leaving four more to go. I haven't given up on the idea of catching up with you all once I really get cracking on the blocks.

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Thank you Tish ! Oh that would be SO nice to join you, shame I am across the pond. Some friends of ours lived in Bradenton and we visited them several times. Loved it there but they moved to Texas with the job !

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Thank you ! I am not computer savvy, my hubby does it for me. He sent this advice, you need a programme by Serif called Drawplus X5 - it is quite old but he said it works ! I hope this might help you ! xx










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joe's mom, on my phone there is a create collage option in the gallery section and you can choose the layout and which photos to collage

Beautiful blocks everyone.... I haven’t been able to work on this quilt....traveling.....but I managed to cut several blocks out so they are ready.

I am hoping to get two done tomorrow during my Zoom quilting meeting with my local group. I have been cutting pieces for my setting blocks so when I get a few minutes here or there, I can add another to my pile. Ready to try something new.

Love rainy days where I can sew and sew. Leaning toward purple in this batch. Happy Sewing Y'all!

So beautiful, toverly!

I watched several youtube videos last night in disbelief, as people effortlessly sewed their curved seams. I tried each of the techniques I watched, without success as I attempt my G4 block. I have done this sort of block before and managed pretty well, but with larger pieces. The only way I've been able to make it work with these little pieces is by stitching a gathering thread to the top of the wedge and gathering it to fit. Very slow going.

Hi, joe’smom..... try gluing the pieces together with a glue stick. I use this method on tiny curves. Works like a charm..

joe's mom, I appliqued. I couldn't get the curves to work out either. If that's the drunkard's path block, I forget the number. Much easier.

I looked through all of my sewing drawers and couldn't find a glue stick. I did try it with some liquid glue baste-it, but the arc piece always came up short, and I'd have 1/4" of wedge sticking off the end of the arc.

I appliqued mine, too. Less hassle and stress. Fine results!

joe'smom, I cut my pieces larger and then trim down. If you are getting one side longer, then you're either stretching to much or not enough. If you clip the seam first, it gets real easy to over stretch, and if you don't clip enough it can be really easy to not stretch enough. I always put the "outer circle edge down and the inner circle edge on top.

It really helps if you are sewing on a straight stitch foot so you don't have a lot of feed dog trying to hold the fabric straight when you need to be turning it. I also like to shorten up my stitch length - as the smaller stitches make going around the curve easier.

Thanks for the insights and tips, Macybaby. I will keep all of that in mind when I begin again today.

I started my May blocks the other day, and I love B-3, Christmas Eve! Was there ever a larger sized block with this pattern in one of Jennifer's books? It would look lovely in a Christmas quilt.

As for B-10, I cut everything out and then discovered the dreaded Y seams. So I recut those blocks to avoid them - cut 8 rectangles, 1.5" x 2.5", of focus fabric, and 8 1.5" squares of background. Sew diagonally at one end, 4 slanting one way and 4 the other. I hope this makes sense! I don't like my finished product so may redo as the resulting star is a bit too low volume. Will post a photo after I redo.

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Hi Marianne - I do not know if this would help you regarding the dreaded "Y" seams, but it is a great little tutorial !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DBztmnqK-M

Well done on any applique ladies, I have chickened out of doing any I am afraid !!

Take care everyone x

I finally found a method for the curved seams that works passably well for me. I remembered I had this pattern called 'Cherries Jubilee' from Elisa's Backporch Designs, which consists of these curved seams. It had detailed directions for her preferred method, which is no glue or pins and the wedge on top (I had seen a youtube that didn't use pins or glue, but she had her arc on top). She sews very slowly stitch by stitch, keeping the wedge in place with a tweezer while pulling the arc to where it needs to be on the wedge. Combined with the clipping of the arc and smaller stitches, I was able to get the units done with much less fuss than before. Phew!

Unfortunately, I forgot that I have to be quite scant in my seam when sewing blocks together, as I tend to come up small, so this block is 1/4" smaller than it should be; but I figure I can split the difference on both sides and still use it. I certainly wouldn't want to re-do this one!

Now on to those 'Y' seams. Dotty, thank you for that link to the 'Y' seam tutorial. It was very helpful.

Way to conquer that block joe's mom!