Friday, April 6, 2018
whew....
the end of a whirlwind week has finally arrived. the first week of the month is always busy but now with rehab added, it's positively jam packed. my 2 guild meetings are over for another month and, as a reprieve, the thursday meeting is going to be switching to the 2nd week of the month next year, so that'll spread things out a bit. we had a fabulous workshop on ribbon embroidery...
too brief but very inspiring....all the while was thinking about how to build on these feeble new skills and, being an idea person, came up with lots of options. there is definitely a learning curve and new fine motor skills to be acquired, but like eating m&ms, could get dangerous...LOL! the speaker was a woman named teri young and can highly recommend her. *** at the meeting, delivered my gardening angel block and picked up 2 more.....
so the remainder of April is all mapped out....angel blocks, donation quilt, 2 lap robes, civil war blocks and assembling a quilt of valor plus antebellum album blocks. the needle will be flying and betty will be burning the midnight oil for sure. and lastly.....have pulled this from my library to offer for sale....no drool marks at all, mint condition, but i don't feel as if i'll ever get to making any of the beautiful projects in this book. it's selling on Amazon for $65, but my price is $55 and includes media mail shipping from here, maryland.....
inspiration is a huge understatement for this book, jam packed with gorgeous medallions, patchwork and applique projects. beautiful color photos on glossy paper and full patterns for each project; includes 3 large pattern sheets as well. drop me a note at gracemth@yahoo.com if interested.....
so the remainder of April is all mapped out....angel blocks, donation quilt, 2 lap robes, civil war blocks and assembling a quilt of valor plus antebellum album blocks. the needle will be flying and betty will be burning the midnight oil for sure. and lastly.....have pulled this from my library to offer for sale....no drool marks at all, mint condition, but i don't feel as if i'll ever get to making any of the beautiful projects in this book. it's selling on Amazon for $65, but my price is $55 and includes media mail shipping from here, maryland.....
inspiration is a huge understatement for this book, jam packed with gorgeous medallions, patchwork and applique projects. beautiful color photos on glossy paper and full patterns for each project; includes 3 large pattern sheets as well. drop me a note at gracemth@yahoo.com if interested.....
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
two down....
despite having a very full plate of tasks this week, managed to squeeze in some machine time and made 2 civil war diary blocks.
the bottom square looks wonky but actually is not laying flat...it's accurate though...and with these 2 finishes, realizing that april might not be long enough to finish all the blocks....aside from the foundation blocks waiting, there are about a dozen others that can draft myself to construct and so far only have (gulp) 25 finished of 121...and there may be others haven't prepped yet. no matter, this isn't a project to be rushed and prefer to enjoy the process rather than "git 'er done" quick. *** it's the first week of the month and with grocery tasks, bill paying, 2 guild meetings plus rehab, it's chock full so onward!
the bottom square looks wonky but actually is not laying flat...it's accurate though...and with these 2 finishes, realizing that april might not be long enough to finish all the blocks....aside from the foundation blocks waiting, there are about a dozen others that can draft myself to construct and so far only have (gulp) 25 finished of 121...and there may be others haven't prepped yet. no matter, this isn't a project to be rushed and prefer to enjoy the process rather than "git 'er done" quick. *** it's the first week of the month and with grocery tasks, bill paying, 2 guild meetings plus rehab, it's chock full so onward!
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