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| Nearly Insane Quilt Progress - April 2014 |
Happy Easter! High days and holidays are always a good excuse to lay out all my Nearly Insane quilt blocks and have a review of what stage I am at. So far this is 14 months worth of hand stitching, and at the current progress I expect all the blocks to be completed by the beginning of August 2014.
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| Red and White Nearly Insane Quilt - April 2014 |
Without a design wall, taking the progress photo is becoming increasingly difficult, but you can get the idea from this photograph that there are just about 13 full blocks to go. I don't think I have done any sashing this time around, but I have made background progress on the border, and the canoe block cornerstones, just nothing completed to count this time. In fact looking at this photo, a bit of effort on my part for some extra sashing would have made this stage look even MORE complete.
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| Nearly Insane Quilt blocks - April 2014 |
Just a reminder if you are visiting for the first time, the work so far has been entirely hand stitched using the English paper piecing technique. This stack of blocks are just screaming out to be put together, and I hope that in the next few weeks everything is in place for me to start doing just that.
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| Nearly Insane Quilt - Electric Quilt Software |
The Electric Quilt layout has been updated on the side bar, and the remaining blocks look very few and far between. As I said in a post a few days ago, the Electric Quilt software is a perfect partner for this project, especially if you feel as if you have it sitting there and haven't used it as much as you imagined you would once you first bought it, as was my case. It is a real opportunity to navigate your way around the package.
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| Nearly Insane Quilt - Red and White |
Here are the statistics for the quilt so far ....
Blocks = 72
Edge blocks = 23
Cornerstones =49
Half Cornerstone = 15
Sashes = 135
Border Units = 13
And here are the sums for how many pieces I have done so far.
Blocks and Edge Blocks = 4101
Cornerstones = 441
Half Cornerstones = 90
Sashes = 135
Border Units = 52
TOTAL = 4819
Joining up at Sarah Did It! for all you English paper piecers at Help for Hexie-aholics , Whoop Whoop Friday (keep 'em coming!), and Crazy Mom Quilts.
Just so, so fantastic !!!!
ReplyDeleteFirst time visiting and I'm in awe! What a great quilt and so impressive that it's all hand pieced.
ReplyDeleteYour Nearly Insane looks so fantastic.
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed that you sew these many tiny pieces with the English paper piecing method.
Happy Easter, Manuela
I hope my English Language is okay.
Wow Frances, dropped by from Whoop Whoop, this is my first visit to your blog and you have my total admiration for all the work you've put into this quilt, it's absolutely jaw dropping. Glad I've found your blog in time to watch you run to the finish :D
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is looking stunning. Way to go.
ReplyDeleteWow! You go girl! I'm living vicariously through your INSANE project! Thanks for letting me ride along :)
ReplyDeleteWow. The blocks look like jewels.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteOh, wow this is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I never thought about doing this using EPP. What a great idea.
ReplyDeleteWonderfully beautiful. You are so patient.
ReplyDeleteThis is really wonderful. Totally insane, and really wonderful.
ReplyDeleteFirst visit here and all I can say is nearly? LOL! You are totally insane for making this, but WOW what a quilt! I am in awe. It is spectacularly gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteFirst one I've seen in R/W and not repro fabrics. Absolutely lovely!
ReplyDeletewow that is amazing!!
ReplyDeleteYour work is amazing. This quilt will be stunning. It is fun to watch your EQ chart fill up!
ReplyDeleteambitious project..looks fabulous..great job!
ReplyDeleteI.am.speechless. Beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteWow, absolutely beautiful! I am so impressed with your work.
ReplyDeleteWOW, WOW and WOW I have this book but never thought of EPP. I have several questions. First do you know how may different fabrics you've used. 2nd, do you cut out your own EPP pieces or can they be purchased? Stunning just stunning.
ReplyDeleteHoly smokes, Frances...what a totally insane beauty!
ReplyDeleteWow, it is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteWow, Wow, Wow. That is amazing!
ReplyDeleteOh my, this is gorgeous! I can't wait to see it finished, and how you quilt it!
ReplyDeleteI am always so impressed with your project. What will it take to be ready to start sewing them together? I'm soooooo looking forward to that point in time. I hope you'll be entering your quilt in some big quilt shows. I think it deserves ribbons galore!
ReplyDeleteI really love to follow your work it is gorgeous! I am buying some red and white fabrics and trying to put in my mind the courage to begin a journey as you. Congratulations you are a artist! SILMARA in Portugal/Brazil
ReplyDeleteHi! I came back for your Easter update as you mentioned to me. I must say that I'm amazed by what I saw. This is incredibly stunning with all those tiny pieces. I perfectly understand where the name came from. That quilt will be a treasure!
ReplyDeleteThis is so gorgeous!! I want to make a red and white Farmer's Wife quilt (not sure I could tackle the Nearly Insane quilt) and love how yours is set. Thanks for the beautiful inspiration. :)
ReplyDeleteAmanda