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Slow Crossing

Posted in Quilting

  • Blocks
  • English paper piecing

The last time I mentioned my english paper piecing project (blocks from Lucy Boston: Patchwork of the Crosses), I’d sewn together about fifteen pieces—not even half a block. That was two years ago. Unlike many of my once-mentioned (even twice-mentioned) projects, I have continued to work on this one, albeit unhurriedly.

Farmer’s Crossing piecing detail, a Lucy Boston Cross block partially finished
English paper piecing blocks, Rachael Arnold, October 2014.

I go through phases where I’m content basting the individual pieces to their paper foundations, and make a bit of progress that way.

Farmer’s Crossing piecing detail, a Lucy Boston Cross block partially finished
English paper piecing blocks, Rachael Arnold, October 2014.

Then, I go through phases of piecing some together, building blocks a bit at a time.

Farmer’s Crossing piecing detail, a Lucy Boston Cross block partially finished
English paper piecing blocks, Rachael Arnold, October 2014.

This is where it stands after a bit more work while we traveled to New Jersey to see family last weekend.

Farmer’s Crossing piecing detail, a Lucy Boston Cross block partially finished
English paper piecing blocks, Rachael Arnold, October 2014.

In another two years or so, I may even finish an entire block.

October 17th, 2014

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