Monday 21 May 2012

Monday Update

Back to some resemblence of routine today – school, work, shopping.  I’m trying very hard to be ordered.  They say it takes a month to learn a habit – I’m trying very hard to train myself into order. 

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If I actually come clean about the number of UFO’s I have, you’d die.  Just So Many.  But I’m systematically working them down, and today I spent some time doing these little 25” patches.  They measure 8” square, and I’m trying really hard to do them all the right size.  I started them as an exercise to get my 1/4” seam working properly, and I’m still not happy with it.  If I move my needle 4 clicks to the left, they are too small.  If I move the needle 5 clicks to the left, they are too big.  I’m not sure just how much more I can do to get that perfect 1/4” seam.

But, I’ve made 20 blocks and I’ve tallied up that I need 61 to make a quilt of a decent size, so I’ll be working on that seam allowance. 

I WILL get there. 

You can just see the tops of the Joseph’s Coat block peeking out there.  That’s a post for another day, but I’ve been working on that one too.

Till tomorrow,

Suzie

2 comments:

  1. I've been trying to train myself too but I'm not very good at it, at 27 UFO's and considering starting a new project you get the picture. Love the look of your little patches. I switched to a thinner weight thread for piecing. Sometimes that makes just that little bit of difference:)

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  2. Your blocks look great! It is sure to be a wonderful quilt.

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