NEEDLE AND THREAD

I spent about two hours this afternoon making this part of the 'Carriage Ride.'

I hand basted the parts together, a half circle for each part - doubled.

The Kona 'Metal' fabric that I had ordered finally arrived yesterday.  I washed it (and all of the other fabrics I ordered) and added it to the stash.  

I've been waiting for that color.  I thought it would work in a few of the blocks.  I tried it out in the first block, 'Corn'.  What do you think?  I think it might be a little too dark.

FREE TIME

Spending most of my free time relaxing and trying to catch up on my Hexies.

BUZZSAW WITH SASHING

I spent most of this rainy Friday before Memorial Weekend putting the sashing on my Buzzsaw blocks.  This is how it stands now.  I'm not sure if I should proceed or put it back in the box for another ten years.

I don't have any idea in which direction to proceed, so that points to 'the box'.

But, since the week is almost over, I'm just going to leave it on the wall and look at it and let it stew in the cranium until my next week off.

While making the sashing, I rediscovered that I thoroughly enjoy the almost-mindless task of chain piecing.  I had a nice afternoon piecing and listening to my Zune play an eclectic mix of just good music.

BUZZSAW QUILT FROM LONG AGO

I opened a project box.  These are hand-pieced twenty point star blocks that I'm calling Buzzsaw.  I can't remember their real name.  Anyway, I pieced these years ago, probably ten years ago or more and put them away for some reason.  I can't remember if I had a plan on how to finish them or not.  The box contains fabrics, templates, but no plan.

Maybe one of the reasons I put it away was because I ran out of one of the fabrics and I had no plan.

I put the blocks up on the wall.   I was surprised at the placement.  If I was making them today, I would have made five full blocks.  That would have made it rectangular.  But here it is - square.

I stared at it for a while and decided it needs sashing - or something...

I started auditioning some different sashings:

I went for a walk and when I got back I started cutting fabric and piecing sashings.

And here is what I have so far:

Now I'm thinking about what to put in the cornerstones.  I was thinking about some kind of whirling star block that goes the other direction.  Whirrr,  whirrr....

Maybe I'll add something to the ends to make it rectangular, too.