Today is the fourth Saturday of March of the color yellow. Normally, I would post about my Meals on Wheels place mats but the Table Scraps linky party will be posted next Saturday which is the last Saturday of the month...the fifth one!
I decided to use this free yellow Saturday to figure out a fish block. The pattern says it finishes at 12 inches and the size I need is 8 inches. Oh, and it's set on point. My guild summer party has the theme 'Day at the Beach' and the committee is collecting 8 inch finished 'things you see at the beach' blocks. My mind went to fish.
The first one was too big and slicing it down would make it very funny. The second was too small. (my math critical thinking is lacking, lol). The third is getting closer and finally on the fourth, I think I found one. It's a little large but trimming it didn't result is extreme weirdness. :) I feel like I am on my way to sewing a whole school!
Do you want to 'know' what I finally did?!
I looked up the Square in a Square block chart. The inner blocks needs to but cut at 6 1/8 inches so I pieced my little fish at 6 inches (unfinished). The chart says to cut the setting triangles at 5 1/4 inches and cut once on the diagonal. I cut mine at 5 1/2 inches, cut once on the diagonal and then trimmed to 8 1/2 unfinished. Now you know my secret. For the fins...I scaled down the size for the bigger block to smaller.
Our program leader showed the group how to 'do'
Peel Back Patchwork by Annette Ornales. It's an interesting technique but a 'little too fussy' for me. Before I could 'escape', the group decided all to make a sailboat for a comfort quilt. I was bound by peer pressure to make one. I thought I would sew a trial one before I got my 'kit'. Here is my peeled back sailboat. I don't know very much about sailboats and sailing...I picked red sails as I have a bobbin of red and I needed to sew down the peeled sails. :)
