Showing posts with label Happy Blocks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Happy Blocks. Show all posts

Friday, January 2, 2009

What fun!!

This is my 3rd and final set of Happy Blocks for the Heartstrings New Year's Block Party. I finished up last night about 9:45, having completed three complete sets of 48, plus I had six extra blocks for a total of 150. This was such a fun project and if your year goes the way New Year's Day goes, then I'll be happily sewing all year. One thing I did learn by doing this was that my considerable fabric stash is missing something. Yes indeed, I will have to shop for blenders, those fabrics that may not be solids but read as solids from a distance. A few of the ones I used for my blocks would pass if viewed from a distance of 15-20 ft. from the back of a galloping horse. We all need goals for the New Year, right? Mine is to shop for blenders!!!

As for other goals, I think I'll try to finish some of the started or planned for a long time projects, some of which are only piles of fabric & a pattern. I also plan to keep using fabric from the stash as much as possible. (with the exception of those blenders!!)

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Second set of Happy Blocks done

I've just been having a nice quiet day at home with my sewing machine. Hubby is off work but got up early & went out rabbit hunting. He came home for a good dinner of roast beef, baked potatoes, green beans & homemade peach pie w/ice-cream and then left again to go ice fishing. See, that money I spent on a hunting & fishing license is paying off already!! I don't know if he goes back to work tomorrow or not, I just know I don't have to so maybe I'll sew some more. Here's a picture of the second set of Happy Blocks. The more you sew the faster it goes, guess there's a rhythm to it.