Last night i made 4 more simple Dear Jane blocks....took me about 2 hours. so, i only have 217 more to go. hahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha we won't think about that part.
This is D13 i didn't paper piece it....i just cut a block the size of the middle and then cut 3.5" squares and cut them on the diagonal for the corners. then trimmed it up to 5". be pretty sad if i had to frog this right??? ..... well, i did. LOL the first corner i put on was too small...i used a 3" block and that didn't work. but i cannot get discouraged...perhaps the applique blocks will go easier. i think i will do a couple of those tonight.
This is B13. i seem to be doing a lot of '13' blocks. this was paper pieced in 3 sections....no frogging. my plan is to have each block have different fabrics. i have quite the stash...but if i run out of different fabrics....then my friend Marilea has a humongous stash to choose from. and she likes Civil War fabrics.....so she will have lots to choose from.
Then i did M10. this was also paper pieced in 3 sections and no frogging. it came out just a hair under the 5". i am starching them all and ironing after stitching, so that may be the reason. i know i should starch and iron the fabric first before cutting.....maybe i should try that. LOL
The last one done last night was M12. paper pieced in 3 sections with no frogging. i feel like i did much better last night. it seemed to all go quicker and easier....of course, the patterns were super simple. perhaps i need to keep some of these simple ones to boost my self esteem back up when i am ragged about a hard pattern that just won't work right.
And i also started a new jigsaw puzzle last night, too. it is one i bought at the Puzzle Place in Sleeper, MO. she has about 3100 different puzzles. the one i got has 940 pieces.....i don't think i have ever had one with that amount....usually the count is even...like 500, 1000. but this one is two dimensional. the middle section is a regular thickness.....the sides are thicker...2 pieces thick.....they call it a relief line. i probably got a fourth of it done last night. once you get it in your head how it works....it is pretty easy.
The wind is just crazy out here...it has been blowing for days and days. i have a whole burn pile full of materials to burn and can't do it. i did manage to get out in the flower bed this morning for an hour and pull out some weeds and plant some of the day lilies that i dug out of the yard the other day. probably do some more of that tonight. i wait till it is shady in that spot before working...and then i sit on a milk crate. lazy gardener. LOL sigh....i remember the days i could work out in the yard all day long and not have back problems, knee problems, hand problems.
Gotta go finish my #9 challenge quilt....just have borders to do. then this afternoon i have to mow my acre of grass at the studio. spring work never ends.
This is D13 i didn't paper piece it....i just cut a block the size of the middle and then cut 3.5" squares and cut them on the diagonal for the corners. then trimmed it up to 5". be pretty sad if i had to frog this right??? ..... well, i did. LOL the first corner i put on was too small...i used a 3" block and that didn't work. but i cannot get discouraged...perhaps the applique blocks will go easier. i think i will do a couple of those tonight.
This is B13. i seem to be doing a lot of '13' blocks. this was paper pieced in 3 sections....no frogging. my plan is to have each block have different fabrics. i have quite the stash...but if i run out of different fabrics....then my friend Marilea has a humongous stash to choose from. and she likes Civil War fabrics.....so she will have lots to choose from.
Then i did M10. this was also paper pieced in 3 sections and no frogging. it came out just a hair under the 5". i am starching them all and ironing after stitching, so that may be the reason. i know i should starch and iron the fabric first before cutting.....maybe i should try that. LOL
The last one done last night was M12. paper pieced in 3 sections with no frogging. i feel like i did much better last night. it seemed to all go quicker and easier....of course, the patterns were super simple. perhaps i need to keep some of these simple ones to boost my self esteem back up when i am ragged about a hard pattern that just won't work right.
And i also started a new jigsaw puzzle last night, too. it is one i bought at the Puzzle Place in Sleeper, MO. she has about 3100 different puzzles. the one i got has 940 pieces.....i don't think i have ever had one with that amount....usually the count is even...like 500, 1000. but this one is two dimensional. the middle section is a regular thickness.....the sides are thicker...2 pieces thick.....they call it a relief line. i probably got a fourth of it done last night. once you get it in your head how it works....it is pretty easy.
The wind is just crazy out here...it has been blowing for days and days. i have a whole burn pile full of materials to burn and can't do it. i did manage to get out in the flower bed this morning for an hour and pull out some weeds and plant some of the day lilies that i dug out of the yard the other day. probably do some more of that tonight. i wait till it is shady in that spot before working...and then i sit on a milk crate. lazy gardener. LOL sigh....i remember the days i could work out in the yard all day long and not have back problems, knee problems, hand problems.
Gotta go finish my #9 challenge quilt....just have borders to do. then this afternoon i have to mow my acre of grass at the studio. spring work never ends.
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