Saturday, September 12, 2026

Full Steam Ahead!

I made the needed blocks, did some math, and decided to wait until I was fresh to do anything else.  My later thoughts led me to the idea of working the borders backwards.  I need to complete all 4 sides of this nine patch on point border even joining the corner blocks.  Then .... figure out the inner white border.  On the previous rounds getting the corners on wasn't a big deal.  For whatever reason, this time it is.  I think this new idea will work.  If not, I'll try something else, right??

This round has been a doozy!

Since I wasn't thinking about making 9 patches fit, I reached for a no-brainer.  I had never made the August block for the RSC and of course September is now needing to be made as well.  I cut the paper foundation, pulled colors from the 2" strip bin, and then cut into the odd shaped scraps.  Neither of these are colors I have a lot of.  Yellow needs to be arranged and then sewn.  Purple needs more fabric.  It was nice to work on something that was not a struggle.

Crayons in the making!

2026 15 Minutes to Stitch

15 minute days this week = 7/7
15 minute days/Sept = 10/12
15 minute days/2026 = 199/260
Success Rate 2026 = 77%

Creeping ahead slowly.
  
2026 Stash Totals
Used last week: 0 yards
Used year to date: 43.79 yards
Acquired recently: 0 yards  
Acquired year to date: 35 yards
Stash movement for 2026: 1.14 more yards acquired than used

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2 comments:

  1. That is going to be a gorgeous quilt! And I think your idea of doing that pieced outer border will work very easily to figure out the inner border size needed to finish it all. Clever idea!

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  2. Best of luck with that border and finding enough PURPLE for this month's Crayon block!

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