Today is a monthly lunch with former coworkers - retired of course. Last month we got a new member of the group who is newly retired. And now I feel really old because she was one of my own students (high school). She did retire a bit younger than most of us, but still . . . it makes me feel like time has gotten away from me.
The procrastination on Salt Water Taffy has ended. The blocks have been layed out, rearranged, and now are pinned into rows. There were 84 blocks, which means I have 4 left over - plus a bunch of the solid jelly roll strips. Some of the strips could possibly become a scrappy binding.
Progress is steady on the paper pieced fall mini banner. It has a turkey and 2 acorn blocks, all in a 10 x 26 vertical banner. I've reached the quilting stage. which will be kept very simple. The binding in that dusty purple in the turkey feather. I hope to get it bound today, but probably won't hang this one up until October since it has a Thanksgiving vibe to it.
This kit had a lot of extra fabric in it. This is all leftover, so it will go into the brown and orange scrap baskets. None of these pieces are large, but they're too big to just throw away.
The yellow version of Who Found the Catnip has been cut out, and arranged on a design board now that the paper piecing isn't on the board. If I had been thinking I would have cut the pieces needed for next month's purple block at the same time. It's almost September after all, so I could have saved some time.
6 comments:
Salt water taffy is so pretty, I am glad you stopped procrastinating it, hehe. I am sure that banner is going to be so fun hanging on your door/wall.
I know what you mean about leftover pieces being too large to throw away. Heck, just think what can be made with a 2" piece of fabric!. Cutting lots of oddly shaped pieces take a long time. I started a quilt with sewing machine blocks...all made from one of this size, one of a slightly larger size and so forth. The time to make fabric choices and the cutting time we far greater than the sewing time. It can be tedious!
Wow – what a great top. Gorgeous colors... it’s going to be beautiful.
And that turkey is fantastic – have fun quilting and binding... and yes, you’re making great time with it :-)))
Sending you cheerful greetings.
Hugs from Viola
Salt water Taffy turned out so prettily!!!! The turkey banner will look great! I realized I don't have anything to hang for outside my door--I'm running out of time to make something, too!
I love the colors on Salt Water Taffy - they immediately make me smile!
Saltwater Taffy is looking good, so many pretty colors. That turkey is pretty cute. You've made really good progress this week on your to do list.
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