Friday, April 3, 2020

Joining Strips

Yesterday I got to the end of the pile of scrap rectangles I had cut for the broken herringbone quilt. I ended up with six arrow strips, each of 38 rectangles. Here are two of the strips, ready for sewing together:
Here are the same two strips, sewn together down to the orange and yellow tiger stripe:
The arrow strips were created using partial seams, so joining them involves lots of short seams completing those partial seams. If you are interested there is a video tutorial here: Sew Broken Herringbone Patchwork. I haven't found any written instructions, so I had to re-watch parts of that video as I got to each step.

The previous photo is where I got up to yesterday. Today I finished joining these two:
Hooray! Four more of those to get the whole thing joined together. It is not quick, but once you get the hang of it it isn't difficult either.

Meanwhile I am still making an x-plus block a day, and now there are twelve:

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8 comments:

  1. JulieroseApril 3, 2020 at 10:57 PM

    Those strips are beautiful--when I made mine I made them on muslin strips so there was a straight edge for joining...I have never even tried partial seams--good for you;))
    the X+ blocks are so pretty...
    ~ ~ ~ through the rain here...Julierose :)))

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  2. chrisknitsApril 4, 2020 at 1:31 AM

    Loving your X-plus blocks!! The colors are wonderful. And thanks for the video. I was having a hard time wrapping my head around that piecing.

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  3. JeanetteApril 4, 2020 at 8:56 AM

    What challenging sewing. I love the result, you must be feeling very pleased with yourself for getting all those partial seams complete.
    The more X-plus blocks you add, the better the collection looks.

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  4. CheryllApril 4, 2020 at 9:24 AM

    Your X blocks look great together... & I love the herringbone runner.
    I feel a finish is just around the corner...xox

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  5. ButterZApril 4, 2020 at 11:50 AM

    Well done. One of the ladies had something typed for us but the tutorial helped.

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  6. MariaApril 4, 2020 at 5:00 PM

    Both scrappy projects look fabulous ..

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  7. Marie KrálováApril 5, 2020 at 9:17 PM

    I like both projects. A nice color scheme will support the designs. Marie

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  8. PamelaApril 6, 2020 at 9:50 AM

    I like both projects too. Your x-+ blocks look so orderly and clean. I'm really intrigued by the herringbone. I guess I'll have to watch the video!

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