And another one is finished, except for of course the threads but then again I always put that off for a rainy day. I had it all done but the binding I think by this weekend. I originally had more of a blue/purple for the actual purple part of this quilt but this is for…
Month: October 2016
Block #65- Stripe and Flowers
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum. Not really; I just always think of that musical any time I say “a funny thing happened….”. My parents started taking me to the theatre at the university near where I grew up when I was probably in grade school; does anyone else have quirky…
Splendid Sampler re-do
I haven’t edited any blocks that I recall once they were pinned to the design board but I couldn’t let this one pass. The block is perfectly symmetrical – or at least it’s supposed to be. I know how this happened and it’s called trying to do 2 things at once. My husband had just…
Block 67 – Bobbin Chase
I’m sewing these Splendid Sampler blocks out of order again. I was actually going to complete Thursday’s first until I saw that today’s block was paper pieced. I used regular copy paper to print out the pattern for the star quilt. Someone suggested to me a couple of weeks ago to try newspaper print –…
finally on to the binding~
I knew the schedule at work was about to ratchet up and boy did it. I was lucky if I had 30-60 minutes after work each day to spend on this quilt. A lunch break was a distant memory. It will be like that for the next 3-4 weeks but it should calm down again…