Thoughts of a Sewist

[sakon76]

Ever since Bonnie Hunter started making tiny "H" blocks for an eventual quilt last year, I've been doing the same. After all, my maiden name (currently one of my middle names, according to my driver's license and passport) is also a "H" name. And just because I did the traditional thing and took on Wonderful Husband's surname when we married doesn't mean I stopped being a Huntsman!

A few days ago Bonnie posted pictures of the finished quilt top and it immediately shot onto my must-make list. So as I've been plodding along on cutting out pieces for the Allietare-By-Moonlight quilt, I've also been making a few more H blocks, as well as dealing with my bag of 1.5" squares and sewing up similarly-sized nine-patches for a somewhat more nebulous eventual project. Last night I pulled them all out and counted.

217 H blocks, 115 nine-patch blocks.

Looking at her pictures of the H quilt, which are for a queen-sized quilt, the setting is six by seven blocks, times four H blocks each... 168 blocks. Now, Wonderful Husband and I sleep in a queen bed, but we use a king sized comforter. If I made another seven blocks I could do an eight by nine setting... or I could do the queen quilt and use the extra blocks (and there are plenty of duplicate fabric ones) to make a baby quilt for someone I know who also has a "H" surname....

Must ponder. And while I can get on with putting the H blocks on point, since I don't know the next step of the measurements, anything beyond that would have to wait until Bonnie has time to write up and release the pattern anyway.

And, anyway, my goal for today is to clean and oil my trusty Singer 15, finish cutting out the rest of the pieces for Allietare-By-Moonlight, put some plants in the kitchen garden, and figure out a Full Bust Adjustment for that 1960s dress.

Comments

[playswithworms.livejournal.com]

Oooh, H quilt is amazing!