June!!

Are you as shocked as I am that it is June already??

Where did May go? :-)

For me, it was spent cooking~ DS is home from college. LOL

I forgot how important meals can be! ;-)

And I did get some sewing done, but not much~

more time was spent outside with my flowers. :-)

I finally caught myself up with Pam Buda's Market Day Sew-Along.

This is Steps 5 and 6~

As I was doing the HST's I snapped a photo of a quick trick.

When I only have a couple HST's to do, I cut the squares and draw the line

and sew on either side. I'm sure you probably do that too?

But, I keep a big nail file with my sewing supplies for this step~

It works great to hold the fabric to draw the lines. No wiggling out from

under the ruler at the corner. :-)

 

 

Do you have some things that don't necessarily belong in your sewing box, but

work great? I'd love to hear your tips and hints!

 

Happy June!!

~Catching Up!~

Gosh, I think that could be the title for over half of my posts!

It seems like I am always a step behind~ and getting back in bed and getting up out of the other side does not help! :-) LOL

I finally caught up with Steps 2 & 3 of the Market Day Sew-Along that Pam @ Heartspun Quilts is hosting.

I set two rules for myself~ 

I can only use my scraps~ no cutting from FQ's or other yardage.

And use what I have~ which kind of repeats the first rule,

but it keeps it in my head. :-)

I am doing both the regular size version and the mini.

One in my CW fabrics and the mini in little bits of brighter

fabrics.

So far I like it! Although my CW backgrounds do need replenishing!

I had a hard time finding lights in my stash. I'm thinking these may end up as stars :-)

Tomorrow the next step is revealed.

I'm happy to be caught up!

Until ext time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

Sewing Along?

Today Step One of 

Pam Buda's Market Day Sew Along

is posted on her blog~

Heartspun Quilts.

She has directions for a little mini too! :-)

I decided to use my CW scraps for the regular sew-along

and some bold and brights for the mini~

Oh! This is going to be fun!!!

Anyone sewing along? :-)

Until next time~

Happy Sewin'!!