Monday, December 17, 2012

Easy Street: Step 4

My journey down Easy Street continues.  This week was a bit difficult since the Christmas chaos has begun in earnest here.  My sewing room and guest room are both serving as sleeping quarters.  I managed to finish my blocks before family arrived, but you might be able to tell that the pictures were taken on the bathroom counter and I'm posting from a folding table in my bedroom.

This step was a bit of a reality check of my sewing abilities.  Apparently my seams are not as consistant as I wanted to believe.  Some of the blocks seem a bit small.  We'll see how it all turns out in the end.  I may need to remake some of them.  On the positive side, I'm liking the color choices more with each step and still enjoying the journey.  I haven't done any of the "extra credit" cutting at the end of each step, so I may have more work further down the line.  But time was running short; the room needed to be transformed and I didn't want to rush things.

So, that's enough excuses.  (One more: sorry for the bad picture)  Here they are:

In case you've stumbled onto this post, let me give some background.  I'm participating in Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt.  Each Friday she gives the instructions for a set of blocks and then on Mondays we link up with her blog - here.  We don't know what the final quilt will look like - that's the mystery.  She did mention this week that we are about half way through.  She has an Easy Street tab at the top of her blog where you can check out the past details, or join in if you choose.  

5 comments:

  1. I love your colors! It is fun to see what others are doing instead of using Bonnie's colors.

    I am so with you on my sewing spaces being invaded! We not only have Christmas, but three birthdays this week!

    Bari

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    1. My space has been invaded on and off for the past two weeks. I've been sneaking in sewing time when I can. I think we're back to normal now, so I have lots of ground to make up!

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  2. We seem to have chosen the same colors. Yours look really nice. I, too, can't wait to see how it all comes together.

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    1. We seem to have chosen the same colors. Yours look really nice. I, too, can't wait to see how it all comes together

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  3. What a challenge for you not to have access to your sewing room! I think your geese look good -- but as we all know - and you suggested- looking good isn't enough: they have to be the right size, too. I don't want to have to remake any of mine.

    I hadn't heard/read that we're about halfway through. That's encouraging. I hope I have enough of two of my colors!

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