A Bit of Progress

After many, many days of working/playing 

with small pieces of purples, greens, and grays,

I needed a change of pace color-wise.

Time to pull out my Not a Mystery project.

I pieced ten more center string/strip sets

and trimmed them to 4.5" wide before

adding 1.5" red batik strips to the sides.

(this process was inspired by Teresa Rawson's

X Marks the Block tutorial)

The red, green, blue, and orange segments

 in the project box are wider and I am using those

for the ends of the strip/string sets to avoid

too-small pieces in the block corners.

(I re-discovered them when I pulled out

the box to get my red batik strips - after

I had pieced these ten center sections)

Eighteen blocks done.

Seventeen more to go.

(original plan was for a layout

5 wide x 7 long with 10" finished blocks --

but I'm also thinking about a minor adjustment to that plan)

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