Thursday, August 20, 2026

Petite plaid and problems

 I can’t seem to do anything without some mistakes…so frustrating. After discovering I cut a strip set the WRONG width, as well as forgetting to move the needle before sewing, I’m redoing a couple of strips and of course don’t have enough leftover fabric. So I ordered more. These two blocks include one mistake and if I use them I’ll try to place them to be inconspicuous!  It’s really not as much fun anymore….



Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Petite Plaid quilt


 I started this quilt a few weeks ago but hit a little bump in the road because I couldn’t seem to understand the directions.  After a few videos were watched I finally got it!  How stupid of me… so here is the first block, 15 more to go. Oh my so many seams to match!  From a distance the lines look straight, but not really!  The eye expects to see a straight line…   I’ve made some ironing errors and the seams are supposed to be pressed open  this is definitely a test of my patience.

 

Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Penny top is complete

 Just finished sewing rows together.. I need to stay stitch around the edges since a lot of bias pieces. I really like it!


Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Penny quilt

 I finished all 24 blocks, sweet production line assembly. Now the hard part, laying it out. Nearly impossible not to have similar fabrics close, but I’m still switching blocks around. The cat messed my layout a bit…

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Monday, August 3, 2026

Some more blocks

 This is half the needed blocks. I should be able to finish the last 12 blocks by sewing them all at one time, assembly line fashion…


Saturday, August 1, 2026

August already!

 I have been doing some cleaning up and finishing old projects, (pot holders). Now have started a new project, a quilt called “Penny”a real easy project once I  figured out what I was supposed to do as the instructions were vague. Here is a picture and here is what I done so far.  It’s fun and I’ll probably make another one with a pack of 12 fat quarters



Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Homecoming is quilted and bound

 I’m not happy with the quilting but it’s done and is cozy. I ended up following the lines which are diagonal. I went one way following the lines but didn’t repeat going the other way. Maybe I should have…