 My View This Morning It snowed! We woke up to a beautiful morning. I am one of those who loves the snow. It was hard to pull myself away from the kitchen table view this morning. After a little quiet time it was off to the quilt studio for my 30 Minutes of Freedom. Let me start by saying that last night was one of those nights that I did not sleep well. So I was up for a couple of hours praying for all of you who regularly have sleep issues. I must confess-I did not spend much of my time praying for you-I was mostly just annoyed about being awake, lol.  All that to say I may not have been at my best. So let me start by sharing an important tip. When using one of those square rulers that is, say, 6.5" x 6 .5" it is very important to use the right edge of it when cutting your pieces to size. I happily went along cutting my pieces 1.5" x 3" and took them over to my sewing machine to join them to my log cabin blocks. I was shocked that they were too long. All 36 of them! And while I was puzzling over that with my ruler the lightbulb went off.
So a little more trimming and I managed to get all of the next pieces added to my blocks. Yay me!  Added a variety of purples today. Such a happy color. The rest of my morning was spent working on my Bo Peep quilt, finishing up those corner sheep. I usually spend a large chunk of the afternoon writing patterns, designing patterns, answering emails, etc. and whoosh! The day was at an end and I had a husband who fixed me dinner (because I got busy and lost track of time-oh goodness, he's such a good sport. Before I wrap up this post, I want to share that if you sign up for either my newsletter or the blog updates you will get a free copy of the pattern for the block. It is just the block at this time as it is a pattern in process, but the rest will come later in the year. As usual I go into detail in the pattern so you can sew along with me. And don't worry if you are already a newsletter or blog subscriber-I will be sending you a copy too. (Sign up options are on the right hand side of the website on this page.)  Happy Quilting! 
4 Comments
Debra
1/11/2020 10:23:09 am
I keep trying to do really scrappy and the "control" side of me always kicks in. One of these days I will throw caution to the wind! 1/10/2020 08:44:39 pm
That's why I don't use a ruler like that! LOL I use a 7 inch ruler which alternates pink and green lines, so I haven't gotten confused in the years I've used it. I need to buy my third one, because eventually (years), I nibble away at the corner with the rotary cutter. LOL
Debra
1/11/2020 10:24:35 am
I like the sound of your ruler, Susan. I was just noticing I need to replace mine for the same reason. Leave a Reply. |
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