Metro Rings

This year we were issued a challenge in my

History of Quilting group.

We were to challenge ourselves to make or finish something

we've been putting off

 or to learn a new skill.

My challenge was to make a curved block.

I've been quilting for 15 years and have never made a block

with curves, except with hand applique.

A friend told me about the

Quick Curve Ruler

and I found a pattern I liked that used this ruler

and began to collect fabrics.

(After being folded up and in a bag, the top needs another good pressing!)

There were a lot of steps to making this block

between the sewing and cutting, sewing and trimming

 and sewing and squaring up, etc.

I found it difficult to get a consistent distance between the arcs

and the corner pieces,

but once the blocks were all sewn together,

they don't stand out that much.

I would use this ruler again and would

purchase one of the patterns again.

The directions were very detailed and easy to follow.

And I LOVE the turquoise and gray together!

Now I need to decide if I'm going to add a couple of borders.

I'm thinking of a solid gray stop border and a wider turquoise print outer border.

I'll need to go fabric shopping, though.

Darn!

I linking up to Design Wall Monday at

Small Quilts and Doll Quilts.

Happy Quilting!