This month is the Double Wedding Ring. It's not difficult, just time consuming.
Best advice I can give is read the entire chapter before you start and give yourself plenty of time.
The one thing I did different from the instructions, is that I pressed the seams open when making the arcs. I did this to reduce bulk and it worked just fine.
I did 3 again.
Reproductions on top, Thimbleberries on left and Batiks on right:
DH says his favorite is the Thimbleberries, mine, this month, is the Reproductions. As you can see, I played with the color. I used the same light fabric on the arcs and alternated the dark fabric. On the Batiks, I used just one fabric. What do you think?
Trimming and turning the arcs is great TV work.
Below is a picture of working on the arcs. Don't worry at this point if your seams don't match up. As you can see, there's a lot of trimming to do. Also, that hemostat is great for turning them.
Don't forget to shorten your stitch length. I shortened mine to 1.5 Also, don't forget to mark your centers.
Next picture is sewing corners. It's oversized and after you have squared up your blocks, if you want, you can go back and trim off the extra fabric to reduce bulk. That's what I did.
Make sure your background fabric is an accurate 13" square. Even though it's oversized and you will be squaring it up, you need it accurate for placement of the arcs and triangles (corners).
Hope these pictures have helped. Any questions, please ask. We're all in this together.
I figure that by posting this on January 1st, that it means I will have my BOM's done on time each month. LOL
