playful

I had a mug rug kit out on my table from one of the local shop hops.  So I started playing around after I finished my tree skirt.  It came with these fabrics plus some forest green that doesn't really go.  I'm not going to follow the pattern for the mug rug.  I'm just going to play until I decide I like something.  Or maybe these will go in the parts department.  We'll see.

 

More blocks

So this block was a little difficult.  The pattern didn't include sizes, which drives me crazy, so I spent a lot of time on what looks like pieced flying geese.  Finally got the inner part of the block done when I realized two of the tiny triangles were wrong-side up. You can't really tell in a picture but in person it was obvious.  So I had to rip them out and flip them over and sew it back up and it was a mess there for a little bit.

I finally got this block finished around bedtime.  It took all my sewing time yesterday!

I woke up with indigestion around midnight and got up and sewed this block together.  I'm really glad I had already cut it out!

More Hop Blocks

More shop hop blocks.  I enjoyed these but I hope this mania leaves me soon!

 This block is an ooops.  I had difficulty understanding the pattern (how's that for being nice?) and I made this instead.  It's 9.5 inches so I will use it for something else and get more teal fabric to make the correct block.  I need to remake two blocks and then I can get to setting these and borders!

Shop Hop Blocks

 So QuiltyBFF and I got a little obsessed with the shop hop last week. We even took vacation time so we could hop during the week. This weekend I devoted myself to shop hop blocks. Here are Saturday's blocks:

I made the second block with the red flying geese too small-it's a perfect 8.5 inch block and was supposed to be 12.5 inches!  I think 8.5 is my default!

a little Tapestry

Last month I decided to start working on the blocks from the finishing kit for Tapestry, a Saturday Sampler from my LQS. This was the sampler from 2020.  There were four large blocks:

And eight smaller blocks: It took forever to do these as I really prefer the points to line up.  I hand basted most of these to ensure the points were good.  It was a strain on my eyes for sure!