We were dorsum to our green Oregon gloom yesterday, in addition to hence I spent the solar daytime inside. I was inwards the procedure of making the starting fourth dimension row of blocks from my newest projection called "Jenny's Flower Garden." Eventually I'll compass it a dissimilar name. The 49-patch blocks were finished, but I needed to brand the "blanks." Smitty was rattling helpful inwards that regard.
He starting fourth dimension helped amongst textile selection, in addition to and then in ane lawsuit again amongst layout of the blocks.
This is a triple Irish Gaelic chain, in addition to I wasn't certain how all those randomly placed scrappy colors were going to look. This is but the starting fourth dimension row of blocks, in addition to I'll travel on this projection ane row at a time. It's a picayune difficult to tell amongst but 7 blocks, but I think this volition survive fine when it's all finished. There are nevertheless many to a greater extent than blocks to make.
While it's tempting to run upwards together the rows equally I brand them, I'll proceed going until all the blocks are made. I'll in all probability larn a amend in addition to to a greater extent than random mix of fabrics that way.
From there, I caught upwards on the latest Tiny Tuesday block. This ane was designed past times Mari at The Academic Quilter. It's a cute "spinner" block.
As I mentioned when I worked on this final time, I seem to survive ane block ahead. We are supposed to survive on Block #15, but I possess got sixteen for some reason. When the quilt is finished, I'll purpose whatsoever extras on the quilt back. For now, hither they are all position out together.
From at that spot I moved on to the oldest of my projects, the Mulligan Stew quilt. I've been working on this quilt for hence long it isn't fifty-fifty funny, in addition to I've written most the projection many times. If you're novel to this blog, y'all tin read most the projection in addition to the majority where it originates right here. There are lx blocks inwards the quilt I'm making, in addition to I've been making them 5 blocks at a time. Now I'm on Block #56, in addition to hence I'll consummate all of the blocks inwards this go-round. Block #56 is this one:
Here's the storey associated amongst it:
And here's the block I made:
I was cook to movement on to the adjacent one...this one:
amongst its associated story:
But in addition to then I sort of lost my sewing mo-jo for the solar daytime in addition to decided to quit. I'll larn dorsum to it today. Three of the 4 remaining blocks are applique, in addition to I needed to re-create the pages from the majority hence I could brand templates from the drawings. Instead, I went dorsum to the Apr Heart embroidery that was nearly finished. I finished the final of it this morning:
And in addition to then I moved on to the May block. It's but barely started.
In the I'm-crabby-about-the-weather-and-so-now-I'm-going-to-complain-about-everything column, there's this:
Recently, I stopped ordering from Fabric.com because their website is hence freaking tiresome on my calculator that it's impossible to use. And hence I've been doing whatsoever online ordering from Fabric Shack. Besides, Fabric Shack is a adept source of corporation fabric. They possess got adept prices. Sadly, their transportation practices leave of absence a lot to survive desired. They materials way besides much textile into a flat-rate envelope, in addition to the envelope bursts inwards shipping. You powerfulness yell upwards this guild I received dorsum inwards February:
I wrote an e-mail to them at the time, in addition to they assured me this wasn't their green practice. Now, the same thing has happened again, in addition to inwards wet, wet, moisture Oregon, this sort of thing is actually unacceptable. It's unacceptable no affair where y'all live, but it gives me some other chance to whine most the weather. Anyway, I wrote to them in ane lawsuit again this morn amongst these words included inwards my message: "Strike Two." I'll movement to some other website if I have some other guild similar this.
Okay, hence I seriously postulate an mental attitude adjustment. The heaven is brightening upwards some, in addition to it's supposed to survive a dry out calendar week ahead. Mike in addition to I possess got plans to travel out in addition to build clean upwards the greenhouse today. I'd similar to larn some plants going inwards at that spot this week, but it's total of dead love apple tree vines in addition to their rotten progeny. We do this every year, in addition to hence we'll possess got it spic in addition to bridge earlier y'all tin country Bob's Your Uncle. But y'all powerfulness wishing to jibe off proverb it for but a bit, okay? I postulate to drinkable some to a greater extent than java first.