oops

laying out the blocks for this quilt is proving to be tricky

 

thankfully I noticed this mistake early on

 

it should look like this

 

 

only a couple of seams to unpick

 

 

 



jumble

 

this mad jumble is the finished crackle blocks

 

huzzahs!

 

now they just have to be fashioned into a quilt top

 

better use the walking foot on those long bias seams

 

 

fabric

 

I have a lot of fabric - more than some, not as much as others but enough to keep me in projects for years to come.

 

The layer cakes and jelly rolls are hidden behind that stash of fat quarters. I got a bit carried away in 2011.

 

I have enough quilting magazines to make a stack to the ceiling.

 

So I won't be buying any this year (except backing fabric) and all my pennies will be spent at the long arm quilter who will transform my quilt tops into quilts.

 

In the meantime, I've picked up the pieces of the Crackle Quilt. Remember this?

 

 

I had forgotten how tricky those bias seams were to sew.

 

happy stitching

 

 

time . . .

 

there alway seems plenty of it

 

but then there is never enough

 

we can make it but always manage to run out

 

we can't buy it but we spend it

 

it's precious yet we waste it

we measure it, mark it, lose it and find it


I'd just like to use it more effectively in the year ahead

 

 

merry christmas...

 

wishing you a peaceful christmas and new year filled with the love of family and friends

 

be kind to each other