I made one set first to see how this clue was going to look. Once you make some smaller geese units, you add them to the hourglass units from Clue 3, I think it was.
I knew this one wouldn’t be a super fast clue, but then I went and had a little mishap in my sewing room. While I was pulling out my threads case, one of my quilt dies stored in the space next to the shelf began falling out. I had gotten it out the other day to look at it, and hadn’t quite put it all the way back in its place. Bad practice!
So as I was pulling my hand back, it fell on my knuckle near the thumbnail (where I had grasped the thread case) and I could tell immediately that the blade hit that knuckle. Fortunately it wasn’t a deep cut, and I immediately put pressure on it, then cleaned and bandaged it. An inconvenient place for a cut (since that joint is flexed a lot in gripping, quilting, and knitting), but I’m so thankful it didn’t require a trip to the emergency room or stitches.
So I took my time with this clue, especially given the tiny pieces. My flying geese aren’t always the best, but at smaller size, the ability to ease mistakes is a little more difficult.
After finishing them, I started sewing them to the hourglass units. And I went back and re-read the clue. I knew we had pressed a certain way to relieve bulk in that unit, but I thought they would nest in this sewing – nope. I confirmed that with several other posts in Bonnie’s Facebook group.
Well, of course, I’m up to the challenge. I wanted mine to nest. So I forced them to! I used a trick I learned years ago and clipped those seam allowances just to the seams (but not through them!), finger-pressed the part I needed to nest, and boom, much nicer, flatter seams at the join.
I finished sewing all of these little units just in time for Bonnie to drop another surprise clue on us, so it’s off to the sewing room for those. Hopefully finishing before the next clue drops on Friday!
