Even though I can tell that I’m still not 100%, I was able to piece the remaining rows and sashing strips together for my Chilhowie Inspired quilt this weekend! I also knew that I didn’t have enough fabric for my designed borders (which are not scrappy), so I ran out to my local fabric shop… Continue reading Chilhowie interior
Category: Sewing
General sewing
Re-prioritizing projects
I originally began a draft of this post before my vision problems started. As I approach early retirement (hooray!) and face the fact that some of my eyesight may never return, it feels like the time is right to begin re-prioritizing my projects. I’ve spent the last several months focused on the projects that I… Continue reading Re-prioritizing projects
Finally getting there
Well, it’s just one of those times of life when everything happens at once. I was sidelined by a really bad sinus infection/summer cold and have just started getting back on my feet again. And I finally felt well enough yesterday to do a little sewing. I managed to get most of the sashing pieces… Continue reading Finally getting there
Part five, again
While I’ve been recuperating and trying to get my stamina back, my goal (once I was able to sit at the machine at all) was to piece together two of the part 5 blocks. After several days, I was finally able to piece together all of the remaining ones required for my quilt. Next up,… Continue reading Part five, again
Part three, again
Before getting sick over the past week (I’m recovering now, slowly, but surely!), I had finally managed to finish all of the extra part three units I needed to make for the extra blocks I’m making. Since I’m not using the part 4 clues in my “inspired” version, I’ll be skipping right to part 5… Continue reading Part three, again