I paced myself the past couple of days and finished sewing the Jade Garden blocks together. I love the colors and it will be beautiful when it is done.
While doing it, I realized I'd made the kaleidoscope blocks incorrectly. I just used a correctly-shaped block from Electric Quilt rather than use the specific templates provided with the pattern. Obviously, they had to be replaced.
I'm also not happy with the border blocks. I cut the triangles that go on the points the right size, but the 6-inch "arrow" pieces are ending up about 1/8" short. Not acceptable for my perfectionist-self, so I'll be spending a few hours ripping and resewing these pieces. I think I'll also cut some new oversize triangles that sew onto the top pointy edge and then I'll be able to cut them down to the perfect size.
These are the three borders I need to add before the flimsy is finished.
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It seems like extra work to make oversized triangles, but I always find trimming to size after better than coming up short in the beginning. What you have so far looks great. I wouldn't have guessed that you required a few fixes.
ReplyDeleteI usually do make triangles bigger than the pattern calls for and trim them down, but this time I just forgot. I think it will be worth the extra effort to get the border the correct length. I try to make my pieces as precise as possible.
DeleteThat is a beautiful project! Bummer about the size issue. I hope you get it sorted without too much bother!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteThanks. They're pretty minor problems. If this were a smaller quilt for comfort quilts, I would probably just make them work, but I'm being extra fussy with this one. I've got plenty of fabric and I don't mind the extra work.
DeleteThe quilt pattern looks complicated, but so beautiful! Good for you in seeing it through. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. This has been on my quilting queue since 2021. I'm glad I finally got to it.
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