orange – spot – yellow – blue .. and so I must sing as I piece the spinning star four patch border because I’ve already unpicked two blocks and if one is going to sew instead of pack, one is NOT allowed to waste time unpicking!
So these days I’m committed to cutting my half square triangles at the next full inch rather than the 7/8 and then trimming them. This seems a terribly good idea when cutting and when piecing the finished half square – it is a truly ridiculous idea when you’re trimming silly, fiddly wisps off 36 squares. Besides, it only serves to show you how inaccurate your original sewing was. Humph!
But they did go together nicely after their haircuts.
This is an odd quilt to make – I like being able to put big chunks together quickly and because I’m waiting on the panel and stripe, I’m only winding up with a little strip here and a little strip there … here a strip, there a strip … everywhere just strips, STRIPS! Not very satisfying for a couple of hours work.
Perhaps I’m just petulant because I know I should be packing – or ironing, or cooking, or vacuuming, or chatting with little A.
(oh! you know what’s wrong with these slightly out of focus photos! – I’m a bit of a Tinkerbelle – can’t hold too many thoughts in my head at once and Julian has been trying to introduce me to iso levels and exposure compensation and in doing so, completely wiped the original instruction of “set the dial to P for perfect – not A for atrocious”. I took all of today’s photos on A – huh!)
That’s it – I’m closing the laptop – which, by the way, hates me. It now tells me that it has no startup memory left. I’m going to cook dinner and pack books.
p.s. I have a meeting with the owner of another of my favourite quilt shops next Monday – they are interested in me teaching some classes in term 3 and 4 – some penny rugs, dresden plates, a sampler, and Christmas decorations – and they want finished projects for the meeting. Good golly miss molly – shame all this couldn’t happen AFTER I move house.
wow you are in demand!! good luck with it all.
Sarah x
Lily,
Such lovely, exciting news from your last post.
I am not suprised that your talents are being recognised, as they are already recognised far and wide through this blog!
As for the Very Hungry Catepillar, I can recite, word for word, the entire book. All three of my children have loved it. Your quilt looks really exciting. Well done.
When it rains, it pours…in this case, opportunities are pouring in! Very exciting. The timing couldn’t be better! Nothing like sending a girl around the bend with too much to do at the same time. We will be cheering you on from afar! I always do my half square triangle blocks too big so I can trim them down. I have the same conversation with myself. Oh, I hate the trimming, nothing more tedious, but I know I can’t make them all nice and accurate from the get-go. It’s all looking so cheerful!
Exciting to be asked to teach classes no? I know your hungry caterpillar sampler is going to be SO beautiful. I love the fabric series – in fact I love the book too … well anything with the hungry caterpillar on is rather exciting to me …
Can’t wait to see the rest of your Hungry Caterpillar. It looks great! Such perfect half-square triangles.
Its going to be darling. I love it. Orange is my new favorite color. For me, its the new red!
Hi! I wrote you an email considering moomin fabrics!!!! What tiny little blocks you are sewing! Cute!
Your blocks look great! I’ve never seen that fabric “in use” and it’s really happy and fun.
woe is you…such a talented quilter, everyone clamoring for your work…and you are putting your work out there in the big wide world. I am so happy for you. It seems like stuff happens like this, so much in too little of time and you just have to hang on and ride it out. I can’t wait until you get your permaculture-o-rama going at the new place. Then you will REALLY be busy! I am excited about all of the great things you are doing, very inspiring.
Well….so the timing stinks, but still…that’s exciting!! I’m so happy for you! Teaching and sewing for quiltshops!
These blocks are super cute :) I heard about your teaching classes when I picked up my Hungry Caterpillar fabric! I will be signing up. You clever girl!