It's been since August 2013 that I've lifted a finger for my quilt, but that changed this week. I'm back at it! Here's the update:
I'm happy to report that no additional money has been spent on this quilt. Well, I did drop a whopping $6 for some sewing machine oil, but I haven't used it yet because my sewing machine's manual doesn't explain where to apply the oil. However, I did learn how to clean out the lint in the machine area, and that has helped the machine to run better than it was recently.
The following is a log of when and how much time I've put towards this quilt. The last line item is the new one, a reboot so to speak!
| Date | Number of Hours | Running Total of Hours | Description |
| 25 May 2013 | 1.0 | 1.0 | pick pattern |
| 28 May 2013 | 1.0 | 2.0 | convert twin-size pattern to king-size |
| 1 June 2013 | 3.5 | 5.5 | choose fabric, figure yardage, purchase fabric |
| 1-2 June 2013 | 2.5 | 8.0 | wash and dry fabric |
| 2-3 June 2013 | 6.5 | 14.5 | trim and iron fabric |
| 4 June 2013 | 0.75 | 15.25 | cut 15 blocks' worth of one pattern fabric |
| 9 June 2013 | 0.75 | 16.0 | cut 15 blocks' worth of one pattern fabric |
| 22 June 2013 | 2.5 | 18.5 | cut 15 blocks' worth of six pattern fabrics |
| 30 June 2013 | 1.0 | 19.5 | cut 15 blocks' worth of two pattern fabrics |
| 8 July 2013 | .75 | 20.25 | cut 15 blocks' worth of one pattern fabric |
| 9 July 2013 | 0.5 | 20.75 | cut 15 blocks' worth of one pattern fabric |
| 11 July 2013 | 0.5 | 21.25 | cut 15 blocks' worth of one pattern fabric |
| 18 July 2013 | 2.5 | 23.75 | cut 15 blocks' worth of two pattern fabrics |
| 4 August 2013 | 0.25 | 24.0 | cut 48 squares of beige fabric |
| 9 August 2013 | 0.25 | 24.25 | cut 48 squares of beige fabric |
| 23-26 February 2015 | 2.25 | 26.5 | sewed 12 pinwheel blocks of one pattern fabric, cut 96 squares of beige fabric, and prepped next 2 sets of 15 pinwheel blocks |
And now for some photos!
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| this is what the finished product will resemble |
My first few pinwheel blocks from this point (by the way, the fabric is tiny enough that the 2 pins here are not necessary; with the remaining 14 pattern fabrics I won't bother - and that will save me a lot of time!)
to this finished point
took about 10 minutes per pinwheel block. I was happy to find that I quickly became efficient and shaved off 25% of that, getting down to 7.5 minutes per pinwheel block.
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| 12 pinwheel blocks of one pattern fabric |
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| the back of a pinwheel block |
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| making beige squares for the pinwheel blocks |
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| pattern fabric #2 is ready to be whipped into pinwheel blocks |
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| pattern fabric #3 is on deck |
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| my workspace lately |
Note: my original plan was to make a 120" x 120" king size bedspread for my queen size bed because I want it to hang all the way to the floor on the sides and have enough length to tuck the pillows in like my grandma showed me when I was a little girl. I've since learned that this size quilt is to big even for industrial-sized sewing machines. So if I stick with this size I'll have to hand-quilt it. Which, if I do a large stitch pattern, won't be so bad. I mean, what's another several hours when I've had this project going for years, heh. Anyway, I can do that OR I can make it a smaller quilt and pay someone with an industrial-sized sewing machine to do the quilting for me. I have plenty of time to decide. For now I'm only doing 12/15 pinwheel blocks per pattern fabric because I'm afraid I'll run out of the beige material for the squares in the pinwheels; this may be the deciding factor in the size of my quilt.
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