My wool has arrived! Love the colors and quality of this 100% merino wool from Felt on the Fly . I'm a happy camper! Spent the evening coming up with my plan for color combinations for small houses 1 and 2 as well as their neighboring small houses 3 and 4. Those won't be done until March, but I want to coordinate the neighborhood. Next up is ironing the patterns, which are on freezer paper, onto the wool. Then, cutting them out... And building the houses. Can't wait to start stitching, but first I need to purchase coordinating thread. Road trip!
The first block was released on January 1st. That makes sense! This is made up of small house 1 and 2, eight of each, to make up half of the center circle. I've decided not to use the pattern at 100%, as this would be 69" square and I honestly do not have a place to display something that size. Not to mention creating a quilt, mostly of wool, in the size would be expensive! So I'm thinking about cutting this down to 65%, or ~45" square. Since the pattern is intended for piecing on a sewing machine, something I haven't used in 30+ years, I'll need to create my own pattern, not including 1/4 inch seam allowances. I can do that, right?!? Thankfully, I have experience and access to Adobe Creative Suite, so will most likely draw this using InDesign or Illustrator. My first attempt resulted in 18 houses rather than 16 houses to complete a half circle. Back to the drawing board! After some careful measuring in millimeters, I was able to create patterns for the small...