So after that frenzy, now what shall I work on??? I know, I'll get to work on the OHO quilt I saw in a recent edition of Fons and Porter Magazine. I kept going back to it and finally decided that if I was going to look at it that many times, it was meant to be made by me. So, here's where I am so far.
I printed out the templates and glued them onto template plastic to cut out. I thought I'd use my rotary cutter to cut them out, but that didn't work so well - I kept cutting into the plastic. Once I had two blocks completed, I discovered that there was significant printer stretch, so the blocks weren't square like they need to be. Arghhhh. So, I added a quarter inch to the side template and moved forward. That little bit extra will give me some room to trim when I square them up. It's interesting how some of the blocks slant a bit, so blocking is going to be a must here.
I think I'm going to love it. I'm using fat quarters and left over yardage from another batik quilt I made last year, just mainly pulling from my stash. Hopefully I won't have to buy much to finish it. I know I have enough of the background fabric - it's the other I'm a bit concerned about. I only have about 78 more blocks to make, so back to my quilting studio.
Happy quilting.
