Working on blocks..

I'm back to working on Honeyberries. And I am so glad I am ambidextrous! All of the blocks need squaring up at this point and it is so much easier to switch off hands with the rotary cutter. Otherwise my wrists would really hurt! Once all of these blocks are trimmed to the right size, it will be back to the sewing machine. ;-)

On another note... have you ever heard of this book? The Big Cook A friend from Canada sent it to me and I love it! It is such a neat concept! I've started trying out the recipes on my family and I can see where this will be a great help for Quiltathon days. :-) I already have a meal ready for this weekend.

A Little Bit of Spring...

Daffodils! :-)

Have a wonderful day!

Days Fly By...

Time is just flying by much too fast for me! I haven't been in my sewing room in nearly a week! :-( Ok, I've been near it... I am reorganizing. But since I haven't really been organized since my last move, it is time! We shopped for shelves, assembled them and they are waiting for me to fill them up. This is Spring Break week for my children, so day trips have been keeping me away. Next week I'll be back with some photo's and hopefully get back on track with my projects.
Happy stitching!

Switched Gears.. Again!

Well, you know the saying 'so much to do, sew little time'? I keep jumping between projects, trying to do a bit on each and hopefully get them all done. :-) I made my paper-pieced Carol Doak Sweden Stars and even pulled the papers. Then I switched to cutting up a pile of denim for raggy quilts. I need to make 3 in the coming months. They are my favorite High School graduation gift. ;-) And in between I've been working on Honeyberries (yes, that is the name of the pattern :-) ). I know a post is boring without a little eye candy and I'm sure you don't want to see a pile of denim, so here are my Sweden Stars from Carol Doak's Mariner's Compass Stars book... Have a happy day! :-)

A good day... :-)

I changed gears today and worked on Honeyberries. I have all my strip sets (100 of them!) together and started pinning them for the next step. And I ran out of pins! Doesn't my little hen look so sad without her feathers? After finding more, I have them all pinned and ready to sew tomorrow. I also trimmed up a few paper-pieced blocks. And the best news? No ripping!! Whoohoo!!! :-))

Ugh! What a day!

...and not in a good way! :-( I didn't accomplish anything today except for a little dulling of the ol' ripper! It seems everything I touched wanted to misbehave and I ended up ripping and ripping until I finally just gave up. Seriously, how much ripping should you do before you realize it isn't going to be a good sewing day? Well, I did 3 times that and then called it quits. I'm going to try again tomorrow....

Quiltathon!

Tomorrow Judy is having another Quiltathon day. This time I am ready! Dinner is planned, fabric is cut. I hope to make 6 more of this paper-pieced block. I am slow at paper-piecing, so I think 6 will be a big enough challenge. If I should happen to find myself with more time on my hands? Well, I think I have plenty of other projects I can hop to. ;-) Will you be sewing?