{"id":31155,"date":"2016-02-20T05:46:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T12:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=31155"},"modified":"2016-02-08T16:07:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T23:07:01","slug":"cheryls-irr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/cheryls-irr\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheryl’s IRR"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t actually have any IRRs right now and I wasn’t at the BAMQG meeting, so I couldn’t take another. I had three in quick succession, with Cheryl’s being the last before my brief hiatus. Ruth<\/a>‘s and Claire<\/a>‘s pieces were the other two in the trio.<\/p>\n

Michelle and I met at Trader Joe’s again and exchanged IRRs. I took Claire’s to pass along as she wouldn’t be at the meeting either. I headed up to the North Coast again with DH for NSGW\/#politicalwifery<\/a> events and Michelle was headed to Spain. Rhonda was kind enough to take both bags to the meeting for us and I gave them to her at the CQFA meeting.<\/p>\n

All of this meant that I had to get Cheryl’s done in time to get it to Rhonda. I had about a day once I figured out all of the timing, so I got down to business.<\/p>\n

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Cheryl’s IRR – before<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cheryl’s piece looked great when I got it and I was loathe to wreck it, but Michelle had added half a row, so that missing section was perfect for me to complete.<\/p>\n

Cheryl’s piece is turning out really well. I love it, thus the feelings of avoiding wreckage. I really wanted to use the Paris map fabric, but couldn’t really fit it in once all was said and done.<\/p>\n

I walked around with it on my design wall for a few days and decided to add some Flying Geese. Yes, I am still in love with Flying Geese.<\/p>\n

I also needed to add my signature fabric, but I didn’t want to add a large patch or strip as I have on other pieces, because I wanted to preserve the mainly white and turquoise color story.<\/p>\n

There were a few small strips left over from other piecing, so I pieced a few of those together to make another strip large enough to handle my signature fabric. I wanted something that would look like it fit in.<\/p>\n

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Cheryl’s IRR – my part<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I made some Flying Geese. Since those were the main parts, I started working getting Michelle’s strip completed. I added some white and a strip of the black and white stripe, which came to me after looking at the piece.<\/p>\n

After making my piece, I think the white on the edge needs to be corralled, but someone else, or Cheryl, will have to worry about that. I am pleased with how my part came out and I think my signature fabric piece fits in well without overwhelming the whole design.<\/p>\n

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Cheryl’s IRR – finished with my part<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also think the piece needs some space at the top. The bottom is getting to be quite breezy while the top is looking a little cramped. Not fatally so, but a little. It will be interesting to see what happens.<\/p>\n

Good things about this IRR<\/span><\/p>\n