At the beginning of last year I bought Jinny Beyer's Around the World quilt kit. It has sat in the cupboard ever since but today I dragged it out and decided to start it. OK I hear you all say - what about all those UFO's you have? Well some of them are definite WOMBATs (Waste of money, brains and time); one is ongoing (Rowena Charlton quilt), one is hard work because it is foundation pieced and all the same block and I need to make about 195 (Peace Quilt). The last one is my Amish syle quilt that I am hand quilting (ROFL) and as it is too hot I am saving that for winter.
So that justifies my latest project!
Anyway I have gone through all the fabrics and sorted them out. 
I have cut the pieces for the first two blocks and am now reading to start sewing them. I haven't decided whether to cut out all the blocks first then sew or sew as I cut. Maybe I will cut a few then sew a few.
I have cut the pieces for the first two blocks and am now reading to start sewing them. I haven't decided whether to cut out all the blocks first then sew or sew as I cut. Maybe I will cut a few then sew a few. Jinny Beyer provides a 26 page coloured book with each block broken down to lessons starting with easy and then finishing with a complicated mariner's compass block in the centre. She also gives instructions for a simpler centre block but I think I will tackle the harder one. I have made a quilt with a feathered star in the centre and need to step out of my comfort zone as far as quilting is concerned.
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