Building Blocks :)

parts and pieces ready for assembly

I spent a good amount of time in my sewing room over the past couple days and I have made amazing progress on my string and hourglass quilt. I had a real assembly line going. 😀

I haven't really encountered any difficulties making these blocks other than the seams on the string blocks can be a bit bulky. I have found that using my wool pressing mat helps me to get them smashed down. I spritz the mat with a bit of water before I start my pressing sessions and I think it is helping.

I have 30 large four patches finished and up on my design wall and another 19 done that just won't fit on the wall. I still have a few more blocks to stitch together and then I have some thinking to do before I start sewing everything together. 

There is a border that goes around the edges of the quilt and it is made up of neutral string blocks and hourglass blocks. I think I have more than enough hourglass blocks ready to go but I haven't quite figured out the string blocks yet. 

For quite some time I have been working on making full sheets of neutral strings to have ready to go into any projects as needed but I don't know if I want to use them in this project. 😕 I will make that decision today so that I can keep moving this quilt top forward to completion.