Friday, July 12, 2013

Finish It Up Friday

For a while there I thought I wouldn't have a finish today- which actually made me really sad!  Turns out I love linking up to Finish It Up Friday (or maybe I just love getting comments :) 

My Lucky Stars QAL blocks are giving me a hard time right now, I used a generous 1/4" seam for some rows and a scant 1/4" seam for others, so now when I go to join them the seams/corners don't match up.  #perfectionistproblems 

I decided the best approach was to step away for a bit, but I really wanted to sew something!  Enter Cheryl's Just One Slab project.  I dug though my tiny scrap basket and managed to pull out enough pinks for this project.  Seriously, I have a tiny scrap basket, this was the only slab I could make because I don't have enough scraps in other colors for these big 15.5" blocks.  Yikes, I could probably get asked to quit linking up to Amanda Jean's blog by admitting this :)

Anyway, here was the start of my block.  This slab sewing stuff is fun, but it required a little more thought than I expected.  My type A personality had a hard time with the randomness and really wanted to make a log cabin block.

 
 
And... my finished block!
 
 
Now here is a silly question for everyone- how the heck do you send blocks?  Don't they get all wrinkly in the mail?  I'm guessing I could put it between two pieces of cardboard to send, but this is a 15.5" block so I feel like the enveloped and postage to do that could really add up.  Any ideas? 
 
Linking up to Finish It Up Friday.
 
 
 
 
 

6 comments:

  1. It's amazing what a deadline will do to you :)
    I've never sent a piece, but I wouldn't pay more to keep it flat when the receiver can iron it.

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    1. That's how I feel too- but I really hate ironing so I feel horrible thinking that she is going to get hundreds of blocks that she has to iron.

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  2. Great job and I think the random pattern would drive me bonkers too. LOL I would mail it cheap and let them iron it. Just my thought ;)

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    1. Oh I had to think way too much for that "random" pattern!

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  3. I folded my blocks and figured they were going to be ironed anyway! I don't think its going to stay perfectly flat unless you mark the package do not bend?

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    1. Ok, I feel better knowing that someone else has sent folded blocks. Thank you!

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