I must confess to being behind in my Lucky Stars BOM. This weekend I got busy with the April block. It caused me to grind my teeth and stomp a bit. I actually contemplated tossing the whole mess and saying take that April block. But instead, I put it aside and went outside and declared war on more buttercups in my flower beds. Stinking buttercups! Then I went back to April. It was much less frustrating and while not perfect, it is now a finished block. May isn't over yet so I still have time to tackle the May block. I recommend buttercup pulling when you have quilting struggles. Everything seems so much better after you have filled a wheel barrow with weeds.
The other thing I did this past weekend was make another zippy pouch. Our guild is swapping with the Victoria Modern Quilt Guild and they signed up 22 members for the pouch swap and we signed up 21 members. I made an extra pouch. It turned out quite nicely. Lovely Essex linen and some text squares. Once you nail the zipper techniques, pouches are fun and fast. I like to use zipper tabs at the ends for a neat finish and I never use a zipper foot. I just lift the pressure foot and move the zipper tab out of the way and then keep going. I boxed the corners on these ones so they stand up.
And a buttercup free picture of the poppies opening up! Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for Work in Progress Wednesday!
It looks like an easy block to get frustrated with. How many seams meet in the center--sixteen? All in all, it looks quite remarkable. Not what I feel like tackling lately. Gorgeous poppy.
ReplyDeleteI would get frustrated with 16 points in the middle too! I have done that just a few times with a machine, but I think I could get better results if I sewed it together by hand. I would like to give that a try.
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I know your frustrations! I started working on the Lucky Stars BOM a little while back and although i absolutely love the results, I got discouraged and have done a couple of the blocks. :-(. Yours is beautiful, as always.
ReplyDeleteAmazing block Cathy, sixteen points meeting in the middle sounds like a recipe for disaster to me :)
ReplyDeleteI love the pouches and the fabrics you chose for them! Your block looks amazing, as well - looks intimidatingly difficult to me!
ReplyDeleteFantastic pouches, and your zippers and zip ends look absolutely perfect. I don't usually use a zipper foot either.
ReplyDeleteThat block is stunning!! I think I would need more than weeding to calm my head making those points meet!!
ReplyDeletePerfect pouches too!
Gorgeous Lucky Stars block - I love the slight variation in reds you used in the outer points.
ReplyDeleteVery sweet pouches Cathy. Your block is gorgeous!! If I had to make that block, I would have opted for a 9 patch : )
ReplyDeleteOh I love your pouches!! And ugh buttercups can bite me- Norm thinks they are pretty so I wait til he's not looking then go rip them all out lol!
ReplyDeleteDarling pouches!!
ReplyDeleteoh what a happy post this has been! and happy gardening too!
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