Medallion Block Day 3

Today, I didn't have much time in the sewing room.  But I was able to stitch thru the rest of the foundation patterns with my machine to transfer the foundation pattern to the freezer paper.  As I said in an earlier post this method of foundation paper piecing is one in which you do not sew thru the paper.  The paper is folded back and the stitching is done along the fold.  So, when I stitch thru the paper to transfer the pattern to the freezer paper it perforates the lines making them easy to crease. Once the fabric is stitched, then the seam is pressed and the fabric adheres to the freezer paper ready for the next piece to be added.

Pattern pieces pierced and pre-cut fabric ready to go!

As you can see I  got some of the fabric precut.  Do you see that green fabric, yes I made some big decisions about fabric usage?  I kept playing around with the three fabrics I had planned on using and it just didn't click. So, I decided to add three more colors.  Green, blue and red and they will alternate in one spike position around the compass.  That should perk it up a bit and help tie it to all the color in the hour glass blocks that will surround it!  My excitement is building, but I think I will wait till the am to stitch when my mind is fresh!

Day 2 of the Medallion Block

Not sure how many hours I spent in the quilting room but I did complete all sixteen pieces of Pattern A.  All in all, it went quite well. The only mishap was when I decided instead of pulling out the stables I used to hold the pattern piece to the freezer paper I would trim off the excess freezer paper and staples with my scissors.  Well, I didn't realize I had picked up two pieces instead of one and I trimmed thru the second one right thru the part that I needed.  Don't you hate when that happens.  But, instead of making the two new freezer paper patterns I decided to remove the freezer paper from two that were completed and reuse them.  It's a good thing that freezer paper can be used more than once. LOL

Close up of one Pattern A

There is a lot of work going into this block, but I think it's going to be worth the effort.  Nothing about it seems very hard, it's just staying organized and carefully stitching and pressing and trimming. So here are the first sixteen pieces layed out in a circle.  The rest of the day will be spent stitching thru the pattern on Piece B and Piece C to transfer the stitching lines to the freezer paper.  I only need 8 of each of these.

16 of Pattern Piece A