chains

This weekend proved to be less eventful than the last and I've been able to catch up on some stitching and made some of these . . . 

and these . . .

and these . . .

until I had these . . .

I am one and a half blocks away from having enough to start putting this together as a quilt top but there has been a change of plans. More about that next post.

I've just noticed that I have put some of these blocks together the wrong way. Oh well, I can see a little unpicking in my future!

mistakes

I've made a few

When I finally got around to spending some time at the sewing table I got real friendly with the stitch un-picker.

Unperturbed, I carried on.

Then ran out of thread.

Went to the store.

Drove around looking for a park.

Found the thread.

Joined a long queue.

Kept 1.5m social distancing.

Hand sanitised.

Drove home.

In traffic.

Filled bobbins.

Made tea. Ate cake.

Ran out of half square triangle blocks.

Measured, Cut, Stitched. Snipped. Pressed.

I'm off to catch up on all your blog posts.

pressing

A window of opportunity opened this weekend and some time to stitch presented itself.  Last weekend was spent making half square triangles (those small ones) so it was a treat to actually make a some blocks.

I'm trying to take care when pressing all these seams for a neater and less bulky finish.  I'm also trying to be as random as I can but it's a struggle to keep from co-ordinating.

Three more of these will make a large block and I'll be halfway along!

slowpoke

Deb A at vtquilter joins a Slow Stitching Sunday group. I'm slow stitching Sunday every day!

This blog is going to become rather dull I'm afraid as I'm just working on making more of the Cat's Cradle blocks. 

I did do some tidying up though.

Stay tuned for another gripping episode next post!

offside

Hmmm, I didn't notice that I'd sewn the square to the wrong corner until I pressed it. Oops! Lapse in concentration.

Oh well, I can use it for the label.  (check out that stray thread - there's always one isn't there?!)

I changed my mind about the layout for this quilt and have decided to go with this version.

The scrap basket is getting a good workout with all the HSTs I need.  This block measures 8 inches finished.

Here's the next stage in the layout.

Soooo scrapppy!

Now I like a square quilt so it needs to be 7 x 7 blocks (56 inches) or 8 x 8 blocks (64 inches). I also like the slanted Star in a Star pattern that forms. 

There's a lot more cutting out to be done yet!