Quilty Fun - Flying Geese, Chubby Chevrons, and Cocoa Cups

Last time I posted,

I promised to show my latest blocks

in the Quilty Fun Sew Along.

Here they are...all finished up!

First I made a whole flock of little tiny

Flying Geese!

I'm happy that I used the same green for all of the backgrounds,

even though my little green spatula blocks blended in

a bit too much with the background.

I was kind of scared to try making this block

the Quilty Fun way...

I've read mixed reviews about this method,

and the finished blocks are sooooooo small!

I decided to try just one block

using the technique provided in the Quilty Fun book.

Admittedly, I had very little fabric to trim away,

but my little blocks came out really well!

I just kept going,

and they all seemed to work out right.

I think the secret to my success was that I used

a spool of 50-wt Aurafil thread for piecing,

and it was noticeably thinner than the thread I usually use.

{I think I LOVE Aurafil thread for piecing little blocks!}

Another trick I tried was to use a hot iron with NO STEAM...

to avoid any distortion of those little wee blocks.

After my success with the Flying Geese blocks,

I was feeling pretty cocky...

maybe even over-confident!

It was really fun to choose the fabric pairs for the x blocks.

{Oops...I can see a little mismatch of seams there on the right. 

Oh, well...no one likes a show-off!}

The Cocoa Cups block was the easiest so far...

nice big pieces to cut and sew,

and those handles were really slick to stitch!

I think that this mug

looks a lot like a Cath Kidston crush mug!

On to the next block...

come back again soon to see mine!