It’s been a while since I posted anything about the Westering Women BoM series I’ve been following. I’d like to say an insane fear of ‘Y’ seams is the reason for my lack of progress, but the truth is more prosaic. (Although ‘Y’ seams are still a bane to me.)
Summer holidays and Christmas derailed my timetable plus I became taken with other projects. Before I knew it I was already three blocks behind with the last block due at the end of December. So, after all the festivities were over, I turned a new leaf and made a determined effort to catch up.
Some of the blocks needed Y seams if they were to be made in the way the instructions said. But I cast about and found alternative methods that served the purpose and I’m really pleased with the outcome. (Block 8: Chimney Rock and Block 9: Sagebud for Fort Laramie were the headache). By the time the December block was published I’d caught up (Block 12: Road to California) and I’ve completed the full set, so right now I’m feeling a little smug.
I’ve made a start on the sashing and found some nice silver grey fabric for the backing. Once the blocks are all sewn into rows, I’m going to put this quilt together in the same quilt-as-you-go fashion as my Jackleberries quilt.
Barbara Brackman has already announced her new Block of the Month series. It’s called Yankee Diary, and she’s already put up a post about it’s design along with fabric recommendations. I’m looking forward to the first block being posted. One of my many new year resolutions for 2017 is to keep up with making them as they are published at the end of each month… (we’ll see how that works out!)
Link to previous Westering Women post….
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