One of those days!

Ever had one of those days when you struggle and fight to keep all the pieces together? I'm not talking about life; that would be a really bad day. I'm talking about just sewing together a quilt block. You just know you cut out the correct number of pieces because you counted them at least twice. You have everything right there together so you can just sew, sew, sew. But then when you do finally sit down at the machine you don't have the right number of pieces and have to drag out the mat, rulers and rotary cutter AGAIN. Then when you do start sewing you can't seem to lay your hands on the right pieces. You are chain sewing along and "what's this? I am two triangles short AGAIN?"

I've had one of those days today. I sat down this morning to begin sewing this little Lori Smith pattern. I bought it in a kit at the NQA quilt show in Columbus last month. I spent Sunday afternoon cutting out all the pieces and just knew I would zip right through it. No, Nope, Uh Uh, No way, how many other ways can I say it? It just was a fight from the beginning. Let me just tell you though, it wasn't the pattern. Although, the pieces for this little jewel are miniscule they did finally go together just fine. It was ALL me. Just one of those days!!


I put the scissors and pin cushion there so you could get the scale of these little beauties. I love the pinks and browns that are in right now.




When these are squared up they will only be
3 7/8". The block is about 4 3/8 right now. My chubby fingers really struggled with those little half square triangles and I still have all the little pink and cream ones to make for the center of the quilt. I sure hope I get my act together. Maybe I should just wait for another day.

On a more positive note, I finished up the Coneflower Wool Penny rug that I started in a class at the quilt show. Pat Sloan was so much fun and also a wealth of knowledge about wool. I only work on handwork in the evenings so it took me a while to get this finished up(I was still working on hand quilting my grandmother's quilt when I started it.
Thanks for stopping by. I feel better now that you let me vent my frustrations.
Happy quilting!

On the Road Again

As you are reading this sweet kid #3 and I are wheeling down the road on our way to Texas. We are cruising on down for a quick visit with my mom and grandmother. The visit will be great but after living up north for several years I have gotten quite spoiled to the cooler summer temperatures. This fat, old girl just can't handle those 90 - 100 degree temps any more. I think we will spend most of our time inside.

While I'm away I am going to work on the Coneflower wool penny rug that I started in my class at the NQA quilt show last week. It was taught by Pat Sloan. You need to check out her website and blog. She has been blogging about the quilt show also. She is a wonderful designer of quilt patterns and fabrics. We had so much fun in her class and learned so much about wool. Below is a picture of Pat and me in front of her design Folk Art America. Yes, I did bring the pattern how with me.


















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