Sunday, May 07, 2006

A true challenge and a short time schedule


This is Rie Norum's quilt, The Starboat.
It is so beautiful!
I am attending her class on it for 3 Thursdays in a row, and we started this previous Thursday.
We are doing foundation paper piecing without sewing through the paper, which by the way Rie first learned from me in a Dear Jane class.
She has taken the method a long step further and added circles without pinning, on sewing machine.
Rie is a very pleasant person, the handouts are outstanding and this is Great Fun !

For several reasons I have not attended classes for a very long time,
but when I saw Rie was teaching on day time I could not pass.

These blocks are very slow to make so far, but I would love to have 12 by Thursday, so I could start to work on the cornerstone blocks. Rie has used a block from Dear Jane for the cornerstones - G7, Indianapolis, shrinked in size, from original 4,5" to 3,5".
For my 12 block quilt I will need 20 cornerstones, but I don't feel like making 20 G7s - yes I am a chicken ;-))
See for yourself - here it is in Dear Jane mode and Rie has done a small alteration to hers by leaving out the white in the corners.
I think I rather do another circle block and trust Rie will forgive me :-)



The reason this is on a short schedule is that I Want this quilt to be ready for hand quilting soon. I Want this quilt this summer, not in some future !

This is how far I have got - one test block, the small one, and one Starboat block, 12 inch, so you see, I better get busy !



I know I am jumping around lately, but my 1st priority until Thursday will be these blocks, 12 of them, and the Baltimore applique for hand work.
Do you think I have a chance to make it ?
Well - if I do not try I will never know ;-)

8 comments:

  1. Of course you will make it Hanne, you are so hardworking and productive! the blocks as well as the finished quilt are so beautiful!!! I just wonder how you do it, paperpiecing without sewing through paper... and what is more making circles without pinning... I want to attend that class as well... good luck, you can make it!!!

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  2. You can do it Hanne ! I know you can. It's a great pattern, love the look of it..*VBS* And I'm not sure I would want to make 20 of those Dear Jane cornerstones either. Just a tat over the top, I think...LOL

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  3. Go Hanne, Go Hanne! Yes you can do it! We're all cheering for you and looking forward to seeing the finished quilt!

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  4. You can do it Hanne. Go girl go! You amoze me at what you get completed. Looks like more than I am willing to tackle but you are a go getter. Look forward to future posts of this quilt.

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  5. Sounds like you are going to have the time of your life working on this quilt. Good teacher and good student--what can be wrong with that? Can't wait to see how your version comes out!

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  6. don't worry about changing bits from the class sample to your own quilt. "It's your quilt!" That is how 1 pattern can be interpreted many ways, changing the colors, etc. BTW I love that way that block appears to "wave." (Sometimes the blocks appear to tilt left then right - an illusion based on the vlaues...) very cool! Good luck on reaching your goal!

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  7. Good luck!!!! Give us a progress report :)
    Jeanne

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  8. I love this quilt ! Can't wait to see your progress!

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