Tug of war, where is Spring?

We are ready for Spring, except Old Man Winter just do not want to go away just yet. It has been snowing all day, glad it is melting on contact, so no shoveling to do, yet.

The Hertfordshire Quilt

One border is done, three more to go.

Finding the Way: Foundation Piecing.

 The diamond border around the center, created a foundation pattern for piecing this round.

Sewing through the paper and then trimming all the fabric to the correct size.( Once this is done, the paper is removed and the rectangles sewn together).

 Two sides sewn on to the center diamond.

 All the excess fabric trimmed up to this point. Ready to add the last two corner pieces.

 The stitch length on the machine is set quite tight, this helps to remove the paper easy.

 From the front before trimming the excess fabric.

 Lining up the ruler before trimming.

 Once the fabric is trimmed on the border

 The front will look like this.

 Next step is to trim the excess fabric away, underneath the corner triangle.

To do this, make sure to fold the cream fabric and the paper out of the way, then trim. 

 This removes the bulk of the fabric. Creating a neat and tidy block.

This is what it will look like.

 A finished block.

 Removing the paper, just fold back to the stitched seam, then  peel the paper of.

 Starting on the outside and working towards the center.

 The back and the front, with all the paper removed, ready to be used.

Linen and Threads 2018 stitch-a-long.

 Diane is working on this one, it is looking amazing!

She recommended a different needle for stitching, a tapestry needle, it worked.

This is my progress so far.

Finding the Way: The Center.

The center square of the quilt, it has a mitered borders.  This piece of brown fabric is very apt, it takes a village...

All the diamonds are made, next step sewing them into border strips and adding them to the center medallion above.

Diamond strip borders all sewn.

Border strips ready for the next step.

Borders with corner blocks attached to the center medallion. This is the center for the wedding quilt.

Get better soon, Lynn!