Thursday Quilting – Big Block

Posted on 02/18/2021 by Andrew Reynolds

It’s been awhile since I’ve show any quilting progress so here’s where I am:

The first finished bento box big block.

This is the first of the big blocks finished for the bento box quilt.  I made 36 of the small squares.  There will be nine of these all together that will make the top.  I’m making this as a wall hanging so it’s not that big.

Eight more to go.

My goal is to have this finished in January.  Yeah, it’s February and I’m a little behind schedule, but you know how busy we retired folks are.

If you need me, I’ll be at the sewing machine.

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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23 Responses to Thursday Quilting – Big Block

  1. Carol Dean Jones, Author, Quilting Cozy series says:
    02/23/2021 at 3:25 pm

    Love the pattern, Andrew, and your autumn colors and fabric choices! This is going to be a spectacular wall hanging. I hope you show us the finished project.

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  2. Diane Henders says:
    02/23/2021 at 11:16 am

    Wow, it’s going to be gorgeous! You have such a great eye for colour. 🙂

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  3. Debra says:
    02/22/2021 at 8:52 pm

    Nice work, Andrew! I love seeing your progress. Keep sharing.

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  4. June Lorraine Roberts says:
    02/22/2021 at 4:06 pm

    Love the fabric combination Andrew 🙂

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  5. Mama's Empty Nest says:
    02/22/2021 at 1:31 pm

    Looking good. The precision needed in quilt making always amazes me. And then I’m further amazed when I remember that my mother made all of her quilts without using a sewing machine but by hand. She had a lot of patience!

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  6. Jacqui Murray says:
    02/19/2021 at 9:09 am

    That will be beautiful, Andrew. What careful work.

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  7. Baydreamer says:
    02/19/2021 at 8:16 am

    Beautiful and deadlines are meant to be extended. 🙂

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  8. jfwknifton says:
    02/19/2021 at 12:25 am

    Given that we are slower than we used to be, then we are automatically busier than we used to be, because we have less free time.

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  9. robertawrites235681907 says:
    02/18/2021 at 10:02 pm

    A lovely quilt, Andrew. Deadlines always move out, it is a fact of life.

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  10. aginggracefullymyass says:
    02/18/2021 at 5:53 pm

    I LOVE the design! Is that an Andrew original or did you use a pattern (or maybe Bento Box is the pattern?). Inquiring minds…

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    • Andrew Reynolds says:
      02/18/2021 at 8:32 pm

      It’s a pattern I bought a few years ago from a quilt shop. I loved the pattern and tried to pick harvest season colors for the fabric. I plan to adapt the pattern for a marquetry piece when I get my new wood shop up and running.

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  11. Pied Type says:
    02/18/2021 at 4:56 pm

    I’m kind of blown away by the precision required to cut, arrange, and sew all these patterns and pieces.

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