I’ve had this block fused and ready to stitch for a while now. Well, I had the first flower stitched, but I hadn’t done anything else. During sit n sew Thursday night, I got it back out and made some good progress on it. Then yesterday morning before another get-together I was able to finish… Continue reading Honeysuckle block
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General sewing
A day of piecing
After finishing laundry and other chores around the house Saturday, I was able to open up my sewing room. The kitties love when I do that – they rush in and look to see what’s going on in the world through the two windows there. Then they usually settle down for a nice nap in… Continue reading A day of piecing
Block, meet sashing
I began piecing the Straits of Mackinac blocks to sashing strips over the weekend. I got maybe about a third of the way through the first pass. Once I get these done, I’ll be able to start piecing them to each other and the alternating sashing rows together.
Straits blocks pieced
After a marathon piecing session, I’ve finally finished piecing the Straits of Mackinac blocks. Now I just need to get to piecing them to the sashing strips – getting closer!
Straits sashing strips
One more step done! I finally finished sewing together all of the sashing strips for my Straits of Mackinac quilt. I had about 5 units left over, so I’ll figure out something else to do with those eventually. Now I’ll get back to piecing together the blocks. There is a tiny little light at the… Continue reading Straits sashing strips