A Productive Week

Last week was quite productive.  I finished one block and two sections for my POD.

This block took 6.5 hours to make.  The green and silver tie is for Slytherin House.  The green is a nice emerald green (DS's birthstone) and the silver has some nice glittery bits in it

I spent an incredible amount of time lining up the striped fabric on the lower 3 books, and almost no time pinning the yellow fabric.  Look at the areas I circled.  That yellow fabric is perfectly aligned!  How did that happen?  I can only suggest that since this is a Harry Potter Quilt, it must have been magic.

This wand took 2 hours and 50 minutes  DS turns wood and one of his favourite woods to turn is bloodwood.  I choose this fabric because it's the closest colour I could find.

These Quidditch goggles took 5 hours and 20 minutes to make.  I should have chosen a different colour range to make them as they blend into the background more than I would like.  I might do some embroidery around the edges to define them a bit more.  I'll wait and see how I feel after I make a few more blocks.

I did a lot of research this week as well.  I didn't track the hours but  it consumed a good portion of the weekend.  I now have an extensive list of blocks I would like to include in this quilt.  Now I need to figure out how to fit everything in without having it too big.

Note:  The patterns for this quilt are all free at Fandom in Stiches under the Harry Potter tab.