Sunday, 26 November 2017

Hurrah! A Flower basket block!

I have been admiring Cathy's Flower basket blocks for quite a while (Sane, Crazy, Crumby Quilting blog).  She turns out these beautifully bright and various blocks as easy as cutting out circles of pastry to make jam tarts!  I have been wanting to try to make one, studied the blog and had a go.  Really difficult because although I got something similar I only achieved it with a lot of trimming and fiddling around - and I knew it wasn't right.

So, an email to dear Cathy and she directed me to a couple of tutorials.  I used this one:

http://ludlowquiltandsew.co.uk/quilt-block-patterns/cake-stand-quilt-block-pattern

Had a go this afternoon:

 
As I mentioned in my previous post about the scrap triangles I turned into rectangular blocks to make a Premature baby quilt, I have real problems with spatial awareness and this block has really tested me.  I had already done a bit of seam ripping when I thought I had cracked it. Took a photo, started this block post and then when I added the photo I realised it was wrong again! At this point our son-in-law arrived to watch a football match on TV with my husband. He immediately spotted the mistake and said "your daughter has the same problem". Well she doesn't quilt and I didn't know but she also obviously struggles seeing how things fit.  So I ripped it out again, rejiggled the pieces, sewed it up, pressed it ....................and I had put it in wrongly again ( a different kind of wrongly!).  More ripping out, another press, another photo and I think it's OK now.
Just taken me all afternoon.
 
Here's the first block I did, made up by yours truly:
 
 
I'm adding this post to Angela's So Scrappy RSC blog post.  It is made from scraps and I wouldn't have made it if I hadn't spotted Cathy's blocks on the RSC site so I think it qualifies.
 
Just going to lie down in a darkened room!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
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6 comments:

  1. Mystic Quilter26 November 2017 at 13:18

    I have always been a fan of Flower Basket blocks and love these
    two colourful blocks !

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    1. Linda26 November 2017 at 13:20

      Thank you. I love the block, just finding it challenging to make!

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  2. PaulaB quilts26 November 2017 at 14:50

    You're not alone. I've ripped some blocks about four times to get them right. And I don't have a spatial problem, except when I'm teying to match right and wrong sides. Never fails. The flower baskets turned out very cute. I like the veggies in the first one. Good,luck with the rest.

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  3. The Joyful Quilter26 November 2017 at 17:53

    Hey! You've got BROWN and BLACK in those blocks, so they totally count for the RSC. Sorry to here these blocks gave you such a headache. They certainly turned out well in the end!!

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  4. Cathy28 November 2017 at 08:21

    It's all about outcomes and that's a wonderful outcome/basket filled block! Now, when and if you make more just prop one of those in front of you when you go to piece them together. Keep going!

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    1. Linda28 November 2017 at 15:56

      Thanks, Cathy. Yes, I always have to keep the example in front of me. I still have to do it with the Twinklers, even though I've made loads so of them. Even so, after I had layered my Twinkler star quilt and began to machine quilt it I found the block in the middle of the quilt had one star point going in the wrong direction! A real fiddle to correct! Hey ho.

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