@RJR_38 I was going to suggest grunge!  It's one of my favorites. I buy 3 yard lengths, sometimes 4 yards of good blender or backing fabrics. Also binding fabrics if fantastic I'll get several yards.


My basic rule for many fabrics is 1 to 1¼ yards so it could become a pillowcase or 3ish yards if it would be a good look for summer weight crop pants. Moda grunge makes great casual pants.  :thumbsup:  I buy fat quarters of lovely fabrics I can't imagine actually ever using. It satisfies the acquisition urge without taking up much space. Many of all the above do end up in quilts but in case they don't I have enough for them to be useful in some other manner.

Yes, as a long term supply teacher, I finished on Friday when the children did.

I’m sending you  to help you make it through the week. 

I hope to make the rest of my blocks over the next couple of days.

Ty @RJR_38

For Effies block - I saw the pattern (rock garden) in a book called 210 traditional quilt blocks. But the instruction part of the pattern, although heavy on photography for how to construct it, has a tiny (1.5” sq) diagram of the pieces. I did attempt to size up with a pencil and ruler, but am afraid I was a bit inaccurate and gave up. My husband stepped up and resized it for me. He took one quarter of it and sized it to 12.5”. I made a mock of this and decided it left too much blank in the centre. So he changed it to encompass all four quarters in 12.5”, including a quarter inch border.

I then pieced it on the machine. Did each quarter individually and then joined them with the dreaded diamonds.

What I also did, was mark the back of each individual piece with a pencilled in quarter inch border. This was great for better accuracy.