Productive Weekend

We had a guild UFO day this weekend and I got a really good start on a new quilt project.  I purchased this fabric after our trip to Yellowstone this summer and wanted to get into a project before it got stale. I didn't have a plan when I purchased the fabric, so some of the designing was to successfully use what I bought.

 I did all my cutting at home and this was my pile to take to the sewing day.

I got 196 HST sewn and cut apart.  I saved the pressing and trimming for home as my setup here is much more ergonomic!    "Just keep trimming, just keep trimming!" The trimming takes a little extra time, but I feel it is very worthwhile as the rest of the piecing will be so much easier.

I got all these sections made.  They were the ones that required that most counting and attention. All in all I will need almost 400 of those triangle in a square sections!

And a peak at my basket afterwards.  A lot less, but as you can see by this stack of center triangles, there are still quite a few of those triangle in a square units to make!  

While I was happily sewing away, Nolan tackled the flooring in the back landing and the basement stairs.  We removed the carpeting more than 2 years ago so this is really nice to see coming together.  Not done yet, but getting there!

And we had time for a ski in Riding Mountain National Park.  We were a little frosty by the end, but it was just lovely. Hope you had a good weekend too!