I stiched up all these HST blocks for my split 9-patch. You can see how these simple blocks go together over on Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville.
This challenge is from last year, but I wanted to make the blocks. It just so happens I have a selection of reds and blues and enough tone-on-tone lights that I figured I would give it a try.
On Friday, I cut them all apart, pressed them all and trimmed some of them. The rest had to wait until Saturday morning. Even crazy quilt ladies need their sleep.
I signed up to help with classes at the Expo. This was part of the "cost" of having a booth for my guild. I just took tickets for classes. That meant I got to stay for the class, so it was something new for me. I realized I've never taken a quilting class. EVER. Don't worry, I still haven't. These two classes were just lectures, which was great, but no quilting involved.
As I was getting ready to head down to the classroom, I slipped my foot into my shoes and this happened. I nearly cried. I sat down with needle and thread, and got stitching. Hand-work on leather is no picnic. I managed to get the strap stitched down. I'll have to take the shoes to a real cobbler soon. The heel-caps are about done-for anyway.
Here are the two small, sad stacks of trimmed HST blocks. This quilt requires about... 300 of them. I must have lost my mind.
lol, I always feel like I've lost my mind when I start projects that didnt seem so big until they were. :) I bet it is going to be something awesome when you finish!
ReplyDeleteI took all sorts of quilting classes when the Sewing and Quilting Expo came though last year. I dont think I'll do it again this year. I'm getting to the point I need to just do! Anymore inspiration and I might go bonkers. :)
Hope you saw some great things!
Fixing your own shoe, is that a sign of a real Quilter? Too busy sewing to buy new ones or much rather spend the money on more fabric!
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