I managed to stitch up a batch of 14 Thrift blocks last
week. I would have made more, but
several unplanned interruptions, including a chance to visit a quilt store in
Buda, kept that from happening. The
fabric below the blocks is one I am considering for alternate blocks. Since it is a tiny plaid, I may decide it
would be more trouble than it’s worth to try to cut and stitch the blocks so it doesn't look wonky.
Our Tuesday group finished binding the quilt we completed for our deceased member. All that is left is a label which will be done on an embroidery machine. All of us made sure to put in a few stitches and it went much quicker than expected. When I had finished my turn, I resumed handwork on the borders for my Kim McLean project.
This 1,000-piece puzzle of a sewing room took up a lot of
time too, but it was fun. I expect it
will be a while before I tackle another one as we are trying to finalize plans
for a trip that will be coming up shortly.
3 comments:
I had never heard the block called Thrift, only had heard Economy. I looked it up in Barbara Brackman's Enc. of blocks and found 4 names for it. I learn something new every day.
You got more rain last week than we did in the whole month of May, 1.8".
I don't think I ever knew the name of that block. I've made it but didn't know it had a name lol - it has been raining here off and I thought we were done with it for a couple days and woke up to a wet deck and heard rain early this morning - didn't get much this time though.
Those are pretty blocks! So glad you got some rain, you needed it for sure.
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