Lining up corners and not lining up....

Well its Wednesday...and the end of my three days at work. I worked on my quilt top last night some more and gotta say I'm pretty excited about how well its coming together. Now granted its far from perfect but its not too bad for the first one, if I do say so myself. Anyway here's some pics of my progress. See how nice the corners match up? I was real excited when I flipped this one over and saw that!

Then I had this one...where the corners don't line up as nice...thats the beginner quilter in me showing through. Now I know I should probably rip out the seams and try again but to be honest, I was just so excited to get this far, that I didn't really feel like doing that. Plus it reminds me that I'm still learning and not to get too frustrated.

Anyway, all things considered I can't complain. I do think I'm gonna add some sashing around it, like a border. Which in turn will make it a bit bigger. I think I'll be able to do that this weekend. I hope to anyway. We'll see how well that goes though. :) Now I'm off to work another project.

Manic Monday

So I know I'm behind but its been kind of crazy here in my little world. I did get my quilt top laid/layed out and I gotta say it looks good. But now comes the stressful part (at least stressful to me) of sewing all the strips together. We'll see how that goes. I am excited to start on it though. Here's a pic of what it looks like...

And yes that is part of my vacuum cleaner in the bottom right hand corner. Its a tight squeeze in my tiny apartment. But I'm making it work. I thought I'd show a pic of my niece, who I'm making this quilt for. Its the perfect size for her and then one day for her baby dolls.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a good Monday!! I'll keep you updated on the progress of the quilt!!

Putting off doing the laundry

Well its Tuesday and I'm putting off doing laundry cause I hate laundry. So I'm here talking to ya'll! I finally pulled the trigger and started sewing!! LOL! But I gotta say, once I started and saw how good the blocks looked I couldn't stop!! So I have them sewn together in sets of two and today (at least I hope today) I will lay them out and start sewing them together in sets of 4. All while doing my laundry and cleaning up around the house. (My shoes have taken over the floor) Here's the finished product of the sets of 2 and the mess I made while I attempted to get them just right! Notice my seam ripper is right within reach. (I used it a lot)

I am quite proud though that I finished them and am more confident in the whole process now. So fingers crossed that the next step will be easier!

Andrea

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Sunday-Funday

Well I'm back to work this weekend. I haven't got much sewing done because I've been too tired to attempt it when I get off work. But I do have 3 days coming up that hopefully I can get some done. I have an idea floating around in my head that I need to layout and see if it'll work. I really hope it does because in my mind it looks really good! But we'll see if I can get it from my mind to fabric laid out on the floor. Hopefully I'll be able to post some pics of my progress over the next couple of days! So stay tuned!!

One hurdle crossed....

Well I'm still alive...just been busy. I did finally bite the bullet and practiced sewing 1/4" inseams. I feel much better at it, more confident thats for sure. So I guess the next logical step is to actual sew the peices together. We'll see about that. I'll post pictures of the first few blocks made. :) Also congrats in order for my friend Jamie!! Her pattern got accepted to be placed on Moda Bake Shop!! So keep an eye out for it in the next couple of weeks!! Anyway, its back to work for me...I promise I will post on here more often though!! Have a good week!!