I actually got started on the NYB today – slowly for sure, whenever I have not done paper piecing in awhile it takes me forever to remember exactly how I am to do it – rip, rip, rip carefully was going on as I placed pieces of fabric the wrong way LOL. I did get this much done early in the day. We are allowing a half inch on the outside seams for squaring up so those end orange pieces will look pointed in the end.
Later in the day I got back to work and one more section done and pressed. It is easier for me to rip papers out before I sew pieces on the curve – some might leave them in until the end but I do what I am comfortable with. One more major pieced arch in this block before I will have 1 out of 54 done.
A little more hexie work done.
Quilting on Arkansas Traveler from Thursday night – I forgot to spritz out lines as I normally do
I was checking the garden yesterday to evaluate if I was successful in killing the raspberry plants and the short blackberry plants that I wanted gone and it looks like they are dead. I also sprayed some trees that were growing close to the blueberry bushes with strawberries around them – I wasn’t so successful there – I killed quite a few strawberry plants by accident but because I had so many runners grow I will still do well (but the blueberry bushes are ok). By mid next week the weather will get cooler and I will be able to start working on one strawberry bed at a time and get the garden replanted in nice neat rows of strawberries surrounded by a thick layer of mulch. Seeing as the blueberry bushes are so tiny and almost died last winter I might pull them up and get some new bushes to plant – now that know if we get extreme cold to wrap them up to keep them warm maybe I can get new bushes to grow ok. Wrapping up several new bushes won’t be hard to do with frost cloths.
Love your NYB start! I’ve just been reading the book lols, how did you add the seam allowance around the shapes?
You make the most spectacular quilts – New York Beauty is going to be Wowza! I’m so impressed. I’m asking the same question as Elaine – how did you add the extra seam allowance? If you replace them, where will you buy your blueberry plants? I’ve only ever bought them at Home Depot or Lowe’s.
You are off to a beautiful start on the NYB! I know what you mean about paper-piecing – it always seem like I need to think upside and backwards. I love the accuracy of it, but really don’t enjoy it. One of things I enjoy about seeing your quilting each evening – besides the quilting – is the fabrics you used in each block.
Beautiful start!! Love the fabrics!
You have a lot of patience working on New York Beauty. I like that first block. The hexies are growing and your quilting looks very pretty. Why not try to save those little blueberry bushes by wrapping them for the winter. Just a thought, though I am not a gardener.
Getting started on paper-piecing when you haven’t done it in awhile is always challenging! You’ll get the hang of it, though- that is a beautiful beginning. Sounds like lots of work to manage your garden. Good luck with it!
Fun to see you are starting your NYB, great colors in that block.
NYB looks great in batiks.
Karen, I knew you would jump right in to start the NYB blocks!
I love that you are using batiks….looking forward to following along on the progress!
That’s a good start on your New York Beauty. This will be a long slow project I expect.
Fun to see the start of the NYB! It is gorgeous!