Last weekend I tidied up my sewing area and put away the girls quilts, I don't know what is up with me and making progress on their quilts. I need get serious about them in the new year.
What I'm working on now:
Chris printed out the instructions for Fat Quarters shop
Deck-ade the Halls last week and we picked out the fabrics for each block and away I went. I pulled out my never used spray starch to see if it helped with accuracy. Best decision ever!!
I started with the gingerbread men. Something wasn't right, the heads were noticably different sizes. I had noticed the strip was 2 inches longer on the first before joining them together but thought I cut the white wrong. Nope! That said, Chris's initial impression was I cut the second too small. We both agreed the oversized head was more gingerbread'ish so I measured the original to figure out what went wrong and recut the second and then the third to match.
I do find the fabric a bit busy on the first (I guess I don't need to mention thats middle one above), the bow tie and buttons get lost and may remake him but the decision doesn't need to be made until much later. Theres going to be plenty of leftover fabric.
I've been brain burned after work lately and have picked up my hexies while watching tv in the evenings. Not sure what I'll do with these but just enjoying it.
One last thing to share - for over a year I've drooled over a quilt at the local quilt shop. I happened to ask if there is a pattern for it when I was last in, they had sold out but ordered it for me. While I have seriously contained my shoe fetish the last 20 or so years, this will be a quilt just for me.
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