Bigger bits -

Mint Chip is still on the design wall - ;))

I knew that I would have to press the vertical blocks one way -
And the horizontal blocks another way to get them to nest nicely -

So before I started making the "extra" blocks -
I spent some time arranging the blocks on the wall -

I needed the final layout -
BEFORE I pressed all of the blocks - ;))

I re-arranged them until I just got tired of moving them around -
Seems like if I moved one - I moved four more - LOL -

Then I left holes for the missing blocks -

Pressed them all -

And made two 16-patch blocks as "spacer/filler" blocks -

It took me a while to figure out how to sew and press them -

So they would nest nicely with those next to them -

Then I tried Gene's idea of sewing two 4-patches together with a batik rectangle -

And liked the effect VERY much - THANKS, GENE!! -

I decided where I wanted the rectangles -

Cut them all and put them up on the wall -

Then I made the filler 4-patches and each block one at a time -

Checking the seam "nesting" as I went along -

I think they blend in nicely -

And now it's ready to be "webbed" -

I know I could probably get it done before I go to bed tonight -

But I'm tired -

And in no hurry -

So I'll play with it again tomorrow -

And might get my first flimsy for August done before long - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -