Playing with my Accuquilt GO! Fabric Cutter

So, craziness ensued again today...but early in the morning, before the day actually started, I did make time to do a little quilting. I have been itching to play with my Accuquilt GO! Fabric Cutter, so I decided to start their block of the month series. Accuquilt sent out the first block in June and the second block (for July) arrived in my inbox yesterday. I found a pile of coordinating fabrics (Winsome by Nancy Halvorsen for Benartex) in my stash and quickly cut the first two blocks. Block #1 (left) is the double cross block...and went pretty smoothly for me - with the exception of sewing one piece upside down, which was easily fixed with a few moments and a seam ripper. This block used the half square 3" finished triangle die and the 6 1/2" triangle die. Block #2 (right) is the dutchman's puzzle block...and took a little more time, as all those bias triangle sides are a bit fussy....but I was pretty pleased once I had it pieced...I definitely learned some new things when piecing this particular square. This block uses the 4 7/8" triangle die and the half square 3" finished triangle die. All the blocks in this BOTM series are 12" blocks - great for practicing and learning. Now that I have started and have all my supplies together, I am definitely looking forward to the next block in August...I should have a pretty good size sampler quilt once all of the blocks are released!

When my hour of quiet time was over, it was back to reality...I spent quite a bit of time out working in the yard today. I'm off to get cleaned up, then I have a date with my Just CrossStitch Magazine sampler model...which I am hoping to have finished in the next few days....