My friends, I have been starching and cutting fabric for a week! I am going to make the Temecula Quilt Company's One Block Sew Along (which is actually over). I wanted a huge variety of fabrics. There will be around 360 blocks and I did not want to repeat combinations. That meant 45 lights and 45 darks, or 90 fabrics total. I thought I was going to have a real issue getting that many suitable light backgrounds together, but, um, no I didn't.
My gosh, starching all that fabric took forever. F.O.R.E.V.E.R. I must have used 10 bottles of spray starch. But I'm done now, and the strips are all cut-all 180 of them. You see how I lined them all up on the upstairs railing. I don't know why I bothered, except to keep track of how many strips I had so far. They will all end up balled up in a bin while I grab a light and a dark to each block pairing.
So the really ridiculous thing is–how much fabric I have left over.
Just feast your eyes on that pretty sight. I have an entire bin of mostly fat quarters with four inches cut off. You will be seeing more of these in future projects, I promise.
I am so eager to jump in and start making my blocks. Monday is the first day of Summer Vacation however, and Miss Eva and I have plans. We need to make a very cool Father's Day card for her daddy, do a cooking project, do some home schooling and go see Aladdin. So I may have to wait until Tuesday for any sewing machine action.
Hope you had a splendid weekend. It warmed up into the low 90s here, so as I predicted, we skipped spring and went right into summer!
15 Responses
I’m thinking of using liquid starch somehow when I have a huge group of fabrics to cut. I would keep the scraps separate so I would know they have starch. Recently I starched a jelly roll and I didn’t like it afterward, some of my strips were wonky although I waited for them to dry before ironing.
Can’t wait to see more! And I know about a ridicilious fabric stash but it doesn’t stop me from buying more;-)
Lovely assortment of fabrics, I just think scrappy quilts are the best. I looked the quilt you are making up just to see what you are making and it is a great looking block. Cant wait to see yours come together.
Looking forward to seeing your blocks that come from these beautiful fabrics. Have fun today!
That is one awesome bunch of strips. MIssion accomplished. Now you get to do the fun part’. Great job.
Mary
I’m excited to see your blocks! And I think your quilt will be even nicer that the quilt you showed in your last post!
Looks like you’re off to a great start with those beautiful fabrics. Onward!
What a glorious and delicious array of fabrics and they are bound to make a wonderful quilt! Well done in getting all of the strips cut and starched and I must know if you actually had 10 bottles of spray starch on hand!?
Have fun with Mis E. 🙂
Hugs!
Your summer is off & running! 😎 Enjoy the busy day with Eva! Home schooling & crafts topped off with a movie?! Sounds perfect!
Do you make your own spray starch? super easy and super cheap.
um, that fabric looks gorgeous hanging on the railing! I’d keep them there the entire time you work on this project. ;p
it’s gonna be gorgeous!
I cannot wait to see your quilt! I wanted to try this one but I just have too much going on right now. You are such an inspiration Nicole!
Off to a great start and I do just the same thing with starching….takes a bit of time but has to be done . Can’t wait to see these blocks take shape… Enjoy your day with Eva!
What a lovely sight, with all your strips starched and ready to go! It’s going to be a beautiful quilt. Can’t wait to see your progress.
I imagine a cat helping you with all those hanging strips!