Tuesday, August 7, 2018

I was back at the bee today but my fears may have been confirmed – I’ve forgotten how to sew.

I had a few more Farmer’s Daughter blocks packaged up, all ready to be paper-pieced. I started with one that I knew would be difficult but I’d been carrying it around for a few sessions and decided it needed to get finished.

There were 15 pieces of pattern for this 6.5″ block; I printed the colour each part of each pattern piece was supposed to be. But when I came to put it together it didn’t all fit. Granted I made a few mistakes of my own, but I could have written the paper-piecing pattern better than “they” did. I was able to save a few of the pieces but came home with about a third of it to do over.

On to my next block. This one was my own stupidity – or maybe I can blame it on the heat. Yes, let’s go with that. This block should have been simple. It was easy to see what colour should be in each position but even then I found myself starting from scratch after putting the first half together (thank goodness for the tape I carry in my bag). I redid the one half but still have the other half to get done.

It is really hot out but I think I’ll put up with the temperature in my studio long enough to finish those two blocks and maybe get some cutting done for my next Splendid Sampler block. It is hand stitched and I can do that in the cool of the basement.