Roll Roll Cotton Boll Step 3
Posted By drsao on December 4, 2010
Isn’t this paper piecing fun? I was standing tonight – patiently waiting for my DH to FINISH reading the paper so that I could have some more newsprint to sew on!!!! 🙂
I believe that this is the first time that Bonnie Hunter (www.quiltville.com) – or any of the other mystery quilt hostesses, for that matter – have ever had a step where we did paper piecing *at least not since I have been participating….and I will have been quilting FOUR years as of March, 2011! It really is fun! What I am enjoy the most is the MEMORIES…..every strip of fabric has a story – “this went into Sarah’s first quilt….and that went into my parent’s bedspread quilt….etc.”
It has taken a lot of will power to DO WHAT BONNIE HAS ASKED US TO DO and that is to use ALL of our stash – even the wild prints on light fabric. Once I talked myself into it I am enjoying. There is such a good feeling that comes with using up scraps of fabric. I sure am making a mess though – that is for sure!
LOOK AT MY BASKET OF SCRAPS…….and I will post a picture after I finish my 120 *yes 120 8 1/2″ square blocks! Remember I am making ROLL ROLL COTTON BOLL and ROLL ROLL COTTON BOLL JR!
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- Will I use ALL of this – we will see!
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- Ready to trim!
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- Love the variety – can’t imagine the outcome!
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- After making 8 blocks I sure have made a mess!
How many do you have done now?
I’m doing two RRCB also…………this gonna take a while….I’ve got about 20 done now :0)
Happy Sewing
Oh, what fun – how I adore scrappy and with the foundation piecing, it looks as if you took soooooooooooooo much more time to create the blocks than you really did and what freedom, WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As always, your quilts will be simply works of heart and art………………
Glad to see i am ‘doing it right’ as I also have a huge messy pile of strips. This is so fun! I only have 4 completed but can’t wait to get home from work to start again.