After dinner, while watching the Vikings (UNFORTUNATELY) beat the Eagles (blah), I de-papered all of the string blocks of Step #3 and then took about 30-45 minutes to trim them to 8.5" inches. All 60 are now complete. Total time: whew...roughly.....6-7 hours yesterday and again today, so.....12-14 total hours on Step #3. Bonnie, Bonnie, Bonnie! ;0)AND, I lied on my recent post! **gasp**
I am NOT going to use my scrappy bonus triangles afterall. I have already cut and pieced a handful of Step 5 HSTs. But, I'm pooped! Time to shut down for the day. Plenty of time to tackle this step tomorrow.DH, myself and Cassie played a game of Yahtzee again tonight; Cassie is pretty excited that she knows how to play now. DH is on vacation for the rest of the week, so looking forward to just "chillin'" with the family ;0)
This step 3 of the new mystery looks like it's been a lot of work. I'm quite pleased now that I decided against it.
ReplyDeleteI had heard there are a ton of HST on the next step. This quilt looks like a great scrap buster.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on getting your strips done! I thought mine took a long time but doing the next step is taking me forever! I have them pieced now but am squaring them up. I sure hope I love this quilt. LOL Enjoy your family. :D
ReplyDeleteHallelujah! Way to go girl! I am WAY behind you but am enjoying my scrap string quilt at the moment, so I'm OK with bringing up the rear (so to speak!).
ReplyDeleteI love when you are on vacation and make lots of quilty posts :) I think you should retire! LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skgrFTu6KTI
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! I haven't gotten back to mine, but my estimate for the last 40 is 15 hours. We sure do trust Bonnie don't we. What amazes me is she does them too, and I wonder how she finds the time with all her traveling. They take so long, but they sure are pretty, lol. Can't wait to see Friday's step.
Halleluja!! I can't even imagine all of the work that you are doing on that mystery. But I am enjoying watching from the sidelines.
ReplyDeleteOMG on the hours for this step...I have not even begun...and I have never done these kind of blocks either...I am kind of hoping to sneak in some of step two while working on the NYE mystery tomorrow if I have time....
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