I am caught up on the quilts for the church outreach, so I went back to my "to do" list from weeks ago. I started this as a leaders and enders project a while back and then it got waylaid by the church quilts. Before I had time to reconsider, I joined the blocks. I got the blocks all joined, gave it a nice pressing, and hung it in the "to be finished" closet. Unfortunately I did not get a new picture of it.
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| I kept this layout and it looks just fine. |
Then I considered a new project and actually pulled some scraps for it. It ended up being my leaders and enders project.
But I had a reality check and realized I needed to work on some UFOs. The one closest to the machine and maybe easiest to do was this one. It started as a commissioned project for a friend when we lived in Guatemala. They changed their mind. I folded it up and set it aside.
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| I went with the darker maroon for the first border. |
I remember working on it when we lived in the "yellow house on the corner." That would have been when Teacher E was between 1-4 years old, so about 23-26 years ago. Wow!! At the time I thought I was doing precise careful work with small pieces! Hmmmpf. Adding the first round of borders on it showed me that that was not the case. I also noticed that the quality of fabric was definitely a factor, but those were the times I used what I had. The design was from a magazine, but looking at it now I see all kinds of easier ways to make it - mainly not having bias edged triangles.
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| Making progress. |
I got a first border on it and have a similar fabric that will make the next border.
All of this plus some long overdue mending kept me sewing all week.
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Making progress on some older projects is always a good feeling. Hope you can keep up the momentum on the stitching front.
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