I then thought I should get to some "real" sewing and started to work on clue three of the Lazy Sunday Bonnie Hunter mystery. I can't tell you what a humdinger of a clue this one. I had already put together the four pink star blocks (and have 20 similar blocks to do that don't have the green in them still!) so today I marked all the hst lines and sewed 78 tiny blocks with the diagonal one way and 78 more with the diagonal the other way. I have been cutting this quilt myself (imagine that) but Kathy helped me cut more because I was about half short from when I just cut til I got sick of it! So in the tote above are the pieces for the twenty blocks and that will be up next so I can be done with these!
Kathy is also ahead of me on the log cabin blocks for 35th Ave. Kaleidescope of Kolor...she had some seam allowance issues (due to getting the machine serviced, the guy reset things and she didn't think to double check needle position!). She added an extra strip on all sides so now they are slightly bigger than needed so it is all good. She also cut my strips so I need to get to those soon too!
I have also finally been working on my embroidered elephant that I started at the PHXMQG last month. One of our members Danny taught a class based on a pillow she had done for show and tell at a previous meeting. Lots of us fell in love with it and needed our very own elephant! I barely got started in the class (but learned about a half a dozen stitches) and didn't find any time to get going on it all month. Then at our most recent meeting several people had brought their elephants in progress and that got me all excited all over again so finally, I am really enjoying it and thinking about what I will embroider next. I volunteered (along with twenty or so other folks) to do some embroidery for Jane over at http://janesfabrics.blogspot.com/ with her thread. It came in the mail and has me thinking...I even ordered two books (I am a sucker for books!) to inspire me further--but first the elephant.
2 comments:
Sounds like a busy day off. Glad you found some time to catch up on old projects
AWESOME adventures! I am also a super huge fan of your orange bag! You should be so proud that you did the "right thing" by resewing the zipper correctly; no frustrations will exist when using it now.
Excellent progress on Lazy Sunday. Mine has been at a standstill for a few weeks. Tomorrow maybe...
And the elephant! Wow! What patience for all of those stitches.
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