There were ii petty finishes yesterday, in addition to ane of those was a combination of two. So y'all tin create upwardly one's heed how to translate the championship of this post. Just straightaway I searched out the Definition of a "two-fer." And I suppose everyone knows what it means, but we're all close accuracy hither at the Three Cats Ranch...especially when it comes to the titles of our posts. So let's merely see...
Well...nothing is for sale here...at to the lowest degree non yet. I did, however, complete off ii items yesterday, in addition to I combined ii quilts into one, thus y'all produce the math.
First, I finished off the tenth block for "I Believe inwards Snowmen."
Then I headed into the sewing room to complete off the Tiny Trees quilt top. As I mentioned yesterday, the left signal of the tree was cutting off when I sewed the light-green border on. After giving it some thought, I removed the border on the left in addition to resewed it. The seam is really closed to the border of the fabric, in addition to thus I gave it a well for y'all helping of Fray Check equally insurance. I retrieve it volition locomote fine. This quilt ends upwardly equally a wall-hanging, in addition to thus it should concur up. Here's what I had later I finished amongst that. What y'all encounter hither is the Tiny Tree that results if y'all brand the Tiny Tree blocks from Temecula Quilt Co.'s recent sew-along.
Smitty helped me amongst the layout, but nosotros were both undecided close how to attach the embroidered trees, in addition to peculiarly close what stuff nosotros should use. We fifty-fifty brought inwards the Resident Engineer to assist us decide.
These were the ideas...use the same light-green equally spacers betwixt the blocks. Frame the blocks amongst green. Frame the spacers amongst the silverish in addition to gilded background fabric. It didn't appear equally if in that place would locomote plenty contrast if I used only the silverish in addition to gilded background fabric. Then, inwards a blinding flash, I persuasion red! It needs some red! So I went earthworks closed to through my Christmas stash in addition to constitute this fabric. Purrfect!!!
And inwards pretty brusk order, I had it all sewn together. These are the 12 embroidered blocks from Mary Corbet's Needle in addition to Thread.
Then, I dug closed to through my fighting bindings in addition to came out amongst this one. There are yards in addition to yards of this...more than I'll take for this petty 25 x 27 inch quilt. If retention serves, this was the binding for Gingerbread Square, in addition to I must lead keep miscalculated when I made it.
And thus I decided on this long-time resident of my Christmas stash for the quilt back.
It's ane of the start fabrics I purchased later I started quilting. I've only used it ane time before, when I made a tabular array runner for a identify unit of measurement member.
And I'm happy to state the Tiny Trees quilt was made exclusively from scraps inwards my stash...unless y'all desire to quibble close the beads I purchased for the embroidered tree blocks. Those were most definitely new.
After that, I decided to build clean upwardly the sewing room in addition to halt for the day. I had 3 projects worth of mess sitting around, but it's all tidied upwardly now, in addition to cook for the side past times side mess. I'm sort of excited to brand this petty mini pair of scissors illustration amongst needle minder from We All Sew.
It's merely what I take for my slow-stitching projects. I lead keep some petty snips, in addition to I lead keep a diversity of needles for role inwards dissimilar projects. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 friend made it late in addition to she said it was piece of cake in addition to fun. And we're all close fun here, thus what the heck?
On the "not-fun" schedule is accept pathetic Smitty to the vet to become a rabies vaccine. He volition non locomote happy close that insult. It shouldn't accept likewise big a seize amongst teeth out of my day...unless Smitty turns into Fang in addition to bites me...and I would deserve it.
So that's today's agenda. Smitty would appreciate it if y'all would function along him inwards your thoughts today equally he's loaded into a torture cage in addition to driven off to the executioner. The torment never ends.