FAL Finish: Pointy Points Mini Quilt
This test block has been on my FAL list for a while now and I've just never got round to making it into a mini quilt. This quarter ( Q4 FAL 2015 ), I was determined to cross it off! Here's how it looked at the start of the quarter (and at the start of several quarters before that!): The block is hand pieced and was made to test the templates for the block. I (eventually) want to make a quilt using this block, in pale Oakshotts and pale grey backgrounds. I have the fabrics, just not the time/energy to start! Impetus to finish this mini quilt came in the form of a new to me in the ditch/edge stitch sole plate for my walking foot (thanks, Sheila !) and a need to test it before I embarked on a bigger quilting project. I quilted in all the ditches and found that the foot was great for straight ditches but not for curved ones, mainly because the design of the foot means that you can't see where the needle is going to land. It's also easier if the ditc...