It's Happening - Dumpster Diving 10 aka Do Tell

Little by little over the last few weeks,

I've been slowly stitching slabs

for Dumpster Diving 10 - Do Tell.

(last post for this project is HERE)

At this point there are five sets of four quarter-blocks

pinned on the design wall along with these three slabs.

 (each one large enough to cut a 16" square)

Here are the stacks of pressed strips for the next two slabs

As I stitch each strip to the previous one,

I use this nifty little piece of laminated wood

to "finger press" the seam to one side.

(my thumbnails aren't tough enough for the job)

Here's a look at the tapered of the wood piece.

It works like a charm.

And as I stitch the 17 strips together for oeach slab,

I'm using the HST pairs for June's kitchen table quilt

(named Lagoon) as my leader enders.

One more slab stitched but not yet pressed along with

sixteen leader-ender HST pairs sewn together.

Lagoon will use 81 of these HST pairs -

I'll have all of them sewn by the time

I finish pieced all of the DD10 slabs.

Do Tell's top needs 20 blocks or 80 quarter-blocks.

Slowly but surely . . . one seam at a time.

(I'm using this tutorial by Texas Freckles -

her site is not "https secure" so visit with that knowledge)

Quiltdivajulie

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