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| Displaying focus block |
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| Focus block with border |
Puppies got me up and about at sparrows, about 5.30 am so after I woke up with coffee, I was awake and raring to go. I wanted to be able to show Caro when she got there what the centre focus block looked like so had a fun time picking colours and sewing them together and using them as a pieced "border" to the centre embroidered block so that it was 18" which is exactly double an ordinary block in this quilt. I was really pleased with how it looked - Caro was estatic and I suggested we really make it stand out and use this gorgeous Santee marbled blue to border the block - it really made it "pop"
tho in typing that I just realised the border makes it a 20"block so it's now not exactly double! LOL But as you can see from the photo at the right, it surely makes a beautiful block!!
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| 11 sets ready for Block A (12th set wouldn't fit!) |
We spent the entire day - Caro choosing combinations and sewing and me cutting into sets (and at the beginning unpicking where the machine took over and ran her off the seam (as has happened to all of us) and this is such slippery fabric - even with stabiliser on the back) In the end, we had the 12 sets ready to put blocks together for Block A and we were both exhausted so made it an early night this time - learning as you go is a tough job but Caro coped very well (and I made sure I didn't take over but let her do it herself by cutting out sets of hearts for Lolly. I also cut out 2 sets for myself, ready to sew and stuff, so I was on a roll too)
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| Mitzi reclaiming HER chair |
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| Xmas hearts |
Jock retired to his bed but Mitzi was right in amongst it and didn't think twice about rest among the strips and our super focus block - the background is actually a tablecloth I bought the other day from Sterling Mail - but she does make a pretty picture.
Before I went to bed I finished Lolly's heart sets ready to send tomorrow while I watched TV - but was asleep in the chair by 8.30 so staggered off to bed to sleep in comfort.
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| At the engagement party |
Was another great day and I really have my groove back so today I'm onto cutting up myriad A4 pages to get at the pattern I downloaded for Vonnie as a basis for her wedding dress - after I cut off the "white space", I have to glue them together in the right sequence!! - I'll make up a "sample" in one of the calicos to get comfortable with the pattern and garment sewing again, but don't really foresee any real problems.
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