11,604 pieces

Good afternoon,

I don’t think I’ve ever made a quilt with half square triangles until now, I definitely have learned a lot in doing so, I don’t know why I thought they were easy to put together and would take up no time. So when the time came to work on a half square triangle quilt, I thought why not 11,604 pieces. It is finished, it took approximately five months, I didn’t work on any other piecing projects. I will say I have a lot more respect for people that work with half square triangle quilts.

My next challenge is to do a quilt with 15,000 pieces and then some day one with 20,000 pieces. I’m not sure why, just another adventure.

I am taking a block of the month this year, something very unusual for me which I am really enjoying. It is through a quilt shop called A Different Box of Crayons. It is the study of color and we are using different fabrics such as silk, upholstery fabric and waive so in it with cottons. The two pictures below contain the first three months, I cannot wait for the next month, the fabrics are such a treat.

I’m also doing their pincushion challenge, just having so much fun with it, it is instant gratification to finish something.

I am also working on this Baltimore quilt, 42 blocks and a beautiful border, going to be a long-term project. Love the appliqué.

All the patterns are full sized and come in a box for the Baltimore blocks.

I also worked on the Crabapple Hill embroidery stitches for February.

Just loving all my projects right now. Hope you are finding something special to work on.

Happy stitching, Rosemary