Measuring Time -John Hughes Style

I must say that the Design Wall Monday feature over at Patchwork Times has gotten me back on a semi-regular cycle of posting to my blog...not every Monday, but I am getting there.

This week I can show of the second of my quilts from a Jaybird Quilts pattern -this one is Lotus using the new Hex-N-More ruler.

I will be teaching this one as a class in May - this particular fabric combo is not for my shop sample, but I needed a quick quilt for an event in mid-March, and what better way to get comfortable with the ruler than to make an extra quilt with it.

In gearing up for class I needed to know how long it will take to cut and piece the blocks - this is challenging for me as I often go up to work in my studio and lose all track of time.

So I put in a movie when I started pulling fabrics from my stash - and by the end of the first move I had all the fabrics cut and ready to sew - Sixteen Candles.

I put in a second movie when I started piecing the blocks - Breakfast Club - and got halfway through the 28 blocks.

One more movie later - Weird Science - and all the blocks were ready to be assembled.

...and I was out of John Hughes movies.  I think we have Pretty in Pink somewhere.  Now I just need to add all the run times together and I will have a good estimate.

So do you pay attention to how long your projects take?  People often ask me - but usually I can't be this specific.  

 

Design Wall Monday

It is Dimensionally Transcendental  - and the first steps of a work in progress.

Can you guess???

 

Design Wall Monday

The significant thing here is not WHAT is on my design wall (4Patches4Hope blocks), but the fact that I now HAVE a design wall.

A bit of a challenge, since I am in an attic with slanted walls and not much flat wall space, but a few foam insulation boards from the home improvement store cut to length by hubby, a top sleeve fashioned out of a few of the Munchin's receiving blankets, a long piece of elastic with suspender clips to "belt" the two foam boards together in the middle, and a piece of batting pinned up for my wall surface, and I am good to go!!

And the best part is I can easily collapse it down if need be.