Day 346: Assembly of the new quilt is going MUCH faster than expected and in part I will attribute that to using a rotary cutter instead of scissors. The tool allowed much greater accuracy in the cuts and therefore running up seams can be done without a lot of fuss. The design is a simple one as well. Each block can be broken into four smaller blocks consisting of one rectangle and two squares, and with a little planning, these can be sewn together with only one critical meet per pair. The final seam of each block also has only one meet. This morning, I laid the blocks out on the floor to see how I wanted to rotate them (lower left), then stacked them carefully for "batch processing." At the machine, I completed three seven-block strips and joined them in the space of just a few hours, and then decided to call it quits for the day. "Patience Corner" certainly doesn't require a lot of patience to piece!
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