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It’s  February 1st.....and January went by so fast that I can’t believe it.  I haven’t even reviewed my  list of UFOs to see where I’m at with my goals of getting them all finished.  I do know I made good progress in 2020, and am continuing on in 2021.  So it’s all good.  I did find the staff at my sister’s nursing home could add to her care the sitting  with Nancy M W F while she is at dialysis,

Good Morning Quilters!  Well, I had 6 units completed last Monday, and said if I increased by 50%, there would be 9 completed by today, and there are now 9.   If I increased production by 50% again, it would mean 9 + 4.5 units.....13.5 completed.  Not happening, as that would be pushing production too much and this factory (me) has quality control issues if I run it too fast.  Here are the 9

Good Morning Quilters.  My week has again been filled with non-quilty things, but I did get some more Drunkard’s Path blocks sewn together.  I think of 16 of the concave/convex two pieces sewn together as one “block”:So last week I had four “blocks” and now there are six.....50% increase!  I don’t have a pattern, so I am sewing along until I feel it is big enough.  If I increased its size by 50%

Well, here we are in 2021, and my start of the new year has been unsettling.  We are up at the cabin and had not planned to be up here, so I don’t have much to report about my quilting, as there is not much I’ve had time to work on.But I am working on an old project that I started in 2012.  I took a class about curved seams and started this drunkard’s path quilt.   I blogged about it (Here)

A bit dull.

Not so dull, and I like it!

I keep finding stuff hidden away in Electric Quilt files … some of them dating back to 2013!

Many of them only have four or five designs, but his one has 24. Most of them are the basic blocks twisted and turned to see how they fit together, and these are interesting, but not show stoppers.

The second design is the basic block used in this series, in one of many possible colourings.

There are hundreds of ways to arrange the sixteen squares of the Drunkards Path pieces to create symmectrical blocks … these two designs are just two of them. Then ...

Found this project file at the bottom of a pile, and found a few designs in it to share.

In these first few a few fabric swapped around … and I like the second one.

My favorite kind of green. The poppies came with the house 30 years ago, and they bring joy every year. We used to call the purple flower sweet william, but, we found out we were wrong, but, now, I can't remember the real name. They pop up wherever they want and smell so good.

We’re quilting with curves, but don’t you worry! The Drunkard’s Path block has just one simple seam, and when you master that curve…the sky’s the limit!

Jenny’s Design

For this month’s Triple Play tutorial, Jenny, Natalie, and Misty each designed a brand new Drunkard’s Path quilt. (I can’t wait to hear which is your favorite!)

Misty’s Design

These gorgeous projects are made with charms, yardage, and our new Drunkard’s Path template.

Natalie’s Design

Three tutorials and three different takes on a classic design! Click HERE to watch the ...

Very interesting.

The Drunkard’s Path design caught my attention the first time I saw a block. Then I saw a sampler quilt with 15 different arrangements of the two shapes in the blocks, and I already had a few sketches of ones not included in that sampler.

I did some maths one day, and the total number of possibilities is a very long number, and that is for a block with 16 squares.

I know I will never find them all, but it is good fun playing, and I did work out a system for finding the best ones ...

Another couple of Patchwork Jigsaws, also known as Drunkard’s Path.

These are the block colourings I liked using this block … note that the numbers relate to the placement of the 4 pieces in the top left hand corner of the first block. In the other variations of the block that combination is twisted and turned every which way to create different effects.

The last design in this project file is the same as the one at the top, but with the fabrics changing places, but not the pieces.

A long time since I opened up any Drunkard’s Path project files, but found this one and decided it was time to share the contents.

The second is the same as the first. I have changed the colour placement, but not the pieces. This is what has kept me playing with the two pieces which make up the blocks … every arrangement of the two pieces can produce totally different designs depending on exactly where the contrast is placed.

The third design is a combination of the first two designs … and I will share another couple of designs tomorrow.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but this isn’t a race! We’re quilting with curves and enjoying each stitch!

Our new Drunkard’s Path templates make quick work of curved blocks, and this week we’re giving you an up-close look at how those curves are stitched together. It really is so fun and simple! Click HERE to watch the tutorial!