Curly Shot Cloth......

Thursday was my day of courage.  I began the Sew Kind of Wonderful block of the month offered by Stitched Studio.  Because of my trip I missed the demo that Michelle presented to the group that attended on the 16th of October.  Promise to self:  never miss the demo again.  So much to say and show!  My renewed interest in curves began this past January when I took a Craftsty.com class on curves.  It was wonderful!  The class offered techniques and methods of cutting and sewing curves.  While not great, I did enjoy it and used up some of my Civil War scraps.

When I learned that Stitched Studio was doing a BOM using the Quick Curve Ruler I was so excited!  Michelle warned me about the Shot cloth fraying.....never did she warn me about the curling ability it has!

 We've been having dry weather for Michigan and my sewing room is upstairs where it's always WARM!  While Michelle did suggest to starch the fabric, I used my favorite Best Press.  Since I always do as I am told (cough cough) my iron was steaming away.  Dry iron, Best Press made no difference.  My large rulers came to the rescue, but those pesky corners we measure from sure did not want to lay flat.
On to using the ruler.....I watched the demo videos here.  
I even read and reread the pattern instructions.....well, I need a lot more practice.  Here are my blocks for September.

The corners almost match on all the sides......

Need help with measuring the 1/2" off the triangles.  These golden corners remind me of so many of the Russian churches I saw a couple weeks ago!

 

 

Wonky is my favorite feature in modern quilting, I don't even need classes on it, it's all improvised!  (RLOL)!

I opted to match the "cathedral" points, but two of the blocks are about a 1/4" short which ramifies into the  total block.  I can hardly wait for the October21st meeting.