{"id":239,"date":"2008-08-25T05:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T05:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=239"},"modified":"2008-08-25T05:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T05:21:00","slug":"flying-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2008\/08\/flying-squares\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Squares"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> This weekend was not very productive quilt-wise.<\/p>\n

Sometimes I get stuck in an inspirationless void. That is where I was this weekend. On Saturday morning, I spent some time surfing the Internet looking for that spark that would get me motivated. I did find some ideas for using up some of my scraps but grocery shopping and errands found their way ahead of quilting that day.<\/p>\n

Saturday night I sat down in the studio in front of my sewing machine and pieced strings onto foundations. This is quite mindless sewing and something I rely on it when I am not sure what else to work on. At lease if I am working on using the bits in the string bin, I feel productive because i am using up bits of fabric that I have been saving for a while.<\/p>\n

I spent some time this morning trying to figure out how a particular scrap quilt was constructed. I had printed a picture off of the Internet at one time and it was pasted into my inspiration book. It was made from squares and rectangles. I finally sketched it out onto paper and made note of the construction steps.<\/p>\n

Later on I was chatting with LindaJ<\/em><\/strong><\/a> on line and I showed her a scan of the quilt that had piqued my interest. LindaJ recognized the quilt block and said it was called Flying Squares. LindaJ said that this is a very old pattern printed in about 1895. This is a link the Quilter’s Cache site if you are interested in making this block.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.quilterscache.com\/F\/FlyingSquaresBlock.html<\/a><\/p>\n

The picture t the top of this post is of the first four blocks that I made today. My blocks are sashed on the left and bottom sides with 2 1\/2″ squares. I am adding the sashing as I piece the blocks.<\/p>\n

I am using 2 1\/2″ squares from one of my pre-cut squares bins. I have not found it particularly useful to have a stash of pre-cut 2 1\/2″ squares on hand so I don’t cut them anymore. I would really like to use up the bin of squares already cut so making this quilt will help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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