From tree overstep to tree body was a long in addition to winding journey, but Tree #7 is consummate now. For all the gnashing of teeth, it sort of turned out okay. I took a few petty cheater dorsum stitches where the edges were uneven plenty to bother me.
Then I was gear upward to sew together on the beads. These were only sewn on randomly, although I used the pic equally a guide. They were supposed to travel held on using French knots. I had close one-half of them sewn on when ane popped off. The knots weren't large plenty to fit them, in addition to thus I took all of them off in addition to started over. Now they're sewn on equally the others stimulate got been, using 2 stitches looping through the middle of the bead. I similar it amend that way. The French knots hid the luster of the beads. Here's how it looks now...all finished.
Tomorrow I'll start on Tree #8. This ane has 2 new-to-me stitches, but they expect thus much easier than the braid stitch. The leaves volition travel stitched using "fishbone stitch," in addition to the petty flowers volition travel sewn using "ribbed spider spider web wheels." No spiders volition travel harmed inwards the stitching of this piece....unless I run into one, in addition to thus I'll crush it. (Mike ever catches them in addition to liberates them to the groovy outdoors.)
I had only about housework to produce yesterday, which set a large dent inwards my sewing time. There was only about fourth dimension inwards the afternoon though. My 2 catsultants helped me puzzle out the math in addition to standard for the railroad rail border. When I produce besides much math, smoke starts coming from my ears, in addition to that sets off the smoke alarms. The catsultants are purrturbed past times the smoke alarm, in addition to thus nosotros displace to avoid this equally much equally possible.
But the borders are irrelevant until the middle blocks are sewn together, in addition to thus that's where I started. It didn't accept long to croak the start 2 rows sewn together.
I'm consulting the majority to travel sure enough I stimulate got them oriented correctly. In doing so, I discovered the event inwards the majority didn't role all lx blocks. There are lx blocks, to travel sure, but 2 are repeats, in addition to 2 are missing. Oh well...mine uses all of them, in addition to thus I had to determine which ones I preferred for the corners. When I quit for the day, I had the 3rd row sewn together. This morning, I'll sew together it to the residual in addition to thus croak along alongside the rest. There are 8 rows of vii blocks each, in addition to thus ane inwards each corner of the quilt.
Also, I stimulate got only about brownish #7 Perle cotton fiber thread on order. This quilt sort of begs to travel mitt quilted alongside large stitches. I figure equally long equally it's the earth tape holder for the longest-running UFO, I should only hold stretching out the fourth dimension it volition accept me to finish. (High fives all around!) Besides, it volition travel a adept projection to accept along when nosotros caput south.
There was a pretty sunrise this morning. In the ikon below, that's Mt. St. Helens on the right in addition to Mt. Rainier on the left. I honey that vivid spot of reddish low-cal on Mt. Rainier.
There's non much on today's agenda, in addition to thus I'm hoping to croak all the blocks sewn together for Mulligan Stew. If I'm actually speedy, I powerfulness croak a start on the railroad rail borders too.