Krista is/was moving, so she sent out her fabrics early. They aren't due until September, but I finished my block before July ended! She mailed everyone black and another color. 
I have never made a whirlygig block before, but they're fun! I didn't want to mess with paper piecing or templates, so I drew out my plans and figured out how to machine piece it from there. The numbers turned out pretty nicely, I started with a 2"x2.5" rectangle and drew a line 1/4" from each side of the center. The littlest squares in there are 2" unfinished, and the entire block is 12.5" unfinished.
I think I like whirlygigs because the remind me of M.C. Escher.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Bee Inspired: August
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Labels: bee inspired, Quilting
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7 comments:
love it! nice job :)
Oh help, that's amazing. I'm too scared to look at the flickr pool now, everybody's blocks are so amazing. I'm not sure if I'm cut out for this, it's so intimidating!! I love your block. I really love your block, really really!
Oh, I love the colors in this one.
I'll always be jealous of your quilting abilities :D
Very nice! Reminds me of windmills too :)
you did an awesome job on this block! i'm a big fan of whrilly gigs myself!
you give me hope! i don't want to mess with paper piecing or templates, but I really want to make a whirlygiggle quilt, so it's nice to know that it's possible. i love how my eyes keep bouncing back and forth between seeing blue crosses on a black background and black crosses on a blue background.
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