Once upon a time many years ago, maybe three, maybe four, surely not five, though it is possible. There were five friends who loved to sew and chat and eat and eat and chat and sew. And one particular day four of these friends decided to start a project together.
One friend kept her head and declined.
We all (except one) thought it was a marvellous idea to get a quilt of the month block and each of us would make our own quilt from the pattern – changing the stitchery designs as we saw fit.
The plan – and it was a good one – and if we’d stuck to it we’d have been long finished by now, but we didn’t and here we are today, still waiting to finish that project that was meant to take one year.
One of the original four is simply never going to finish. She lost interest a month or two after we began – she has a fear of cutting into fabric in case she messes it up. She;s more of a crocheter.
Kerrie and Tracey are full throttle ahead, with Kerrie having hers professionally quilted and Tracey hand quilting hers herself.
That leaves me in third position – aka – last. Well, I decided to use that to motivate me to get my act together and try and beat those other two (I don’t really think I have a hope, but it’s really good incentive. I do my best work under pressure – even though I hate pressure.
So today I hunted out the quilt blocks I’d already done and the pattern. This involved fully tidying the sewing room again because this project needs lots of room to cut and sew and strew things around – and so that’s what I did. And now I’m ready to finish off block number four.
After that, there’s only five more blocks to do. Only five more. That’s not much is it?
And, my mum –in-law dropped off dinner. Minestrone – all I have to do is heat it and add noodles. Tonight is definitely stitching night.
The aim, that block number four will be completed and ready to show you in tomorrow’s blog post.
And lastly, but definitely not least : I am so happy to hear those poor men in Chile are finally coming up. What a hideous experience all round. My heart goes out to them.
Am Loving ur blocks……….<3