I started a new block of the month, Sedona by Sew Kind of Wonderful. It uses the Quick Curve Ruler mini, which I already had, and the pattern was only $20. The thing that keeps me from joining block of the months is usually the price. I cannot justify spending $20-$35 a month on one project! Anyway, I had never even opened my QCR mini ruler, and I had had it over a year. I figured this project would make me use the ruler at least once. I don't want to die and have a bunch of brand new quilting supplies that I have never touched!
There are several options for this block of the month ranging from table runner to bed sized quilt. I am doing Sedona Trail, which measures 63"x 68".
Here is my first month:
You can see that some of my points are a little off. I expect that will improve as I get used to the ruler and my cutting gets better. Using prints instead of red and white would have helped to camouflage my errors, but I want a red and white quilt. Sew Kind of Wonderful has excellent videos on You Tube, which I have used every I've made a project with one of their rulers. The units are made oversized and then trimmed.
I am also making another red and white quilt that uses a ruler I had had a long time and never used before. This one is the Rapid Fire Hunter's Star ruler by Studio 180. Deb Tucker has figured out the math and presents and easy way to make this complicated block. I have about half the blocks I need made. They are not all perfect, but close enough, and I am improving!
Do you have tools in your sewing room you have never used? Why not pull one out and give it a try? You can probably find a video online to help you out.
2 comments:
The Sedona pattern looks interesting. I like the fact that there are so many layout options. Your first block could make an interesting border for a quilt on its own.
I have several rulers that I've not used (yet).
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