Yikes! I usually write my blogpost, or a good portion of it, on Friday evenings so that I can just touch it up and publish on Saturday morning. But I totally forgot last night. So here I am, scrambling to get something written before flying out the door. Ruby and another of my friends from the neighborhood (Maureen) and I are all heading up to Park City to play at the Habitat for Humanity. That’s where, every Saturday morning, H4H has huge box loads of clothing for $2-3. This is all new, current stuff - Amazon overstock. If you’re interested in knowing more or seeing pictures, let me know.
But let’s get to business. This week in the Stay ar Home Round Robin, our hostess, Brenda at Songbird Designs, is hosting the fifth round. She called for Log Cabin blocks. This is what I came up with for this penultimate round:
After last week’s “framing” round, I wanted to include just a little bit more background white in this round. The 3” round boosted the quilt top measurements to 38.5”x50.5”. Remember that this is a kid quilt, so I’m not going for BIG or too much white!that bottom border is really bugging me, so I plan to trim a bit from the white - it looks too “eased in”. I’ll recheck the measurements and fix that this weekend before the sixth and final round is called on Monday.
I’ve planned this orange fabric that I’d like to use as my primary color for the final round. We’ll see, though, what our prompt will be.
For the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, I finished six flying geese blocks (6.5”) using blues, the February color of the month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.
I’m also working on 6.5” blue crumb blocks, which I’ll show next week along with my update on the black-centered half-rectangle string blocks. Oh! And I still have to complete two Halloween blocks next week to keep up with my plan of two per month. I’ve got those all cut out, so the sewing should be relatively straightforward.
Next Monday is also our February HOA Board meeting, and it will be my first time presenting as Treasurer. But I am prepared. And then on Tuesday afternoon (after my Tuesday morning Weight Watchers workshop), the HOA Board has a legal seminar to attend. But hey - after that, my week is FREE - FREE I tell you!! I plan to cloister myself in my sewing room and not come up for air until Thursday or Friday-ish. Wish me luck!
4 comments:
Wow! Your SAHRR is a stunner. Some Kiddo is going to be thrilled. I’m anxious to see your black-centered half-rectangle string blocks. That’s a mouthful!! I’m sure they are wonderful. A few crumby blue blocks have happened here too.
Just lovely how SAHRR is coming together for you Cathy!!
Sounds like you have a fun day ahead with friends--enjoy
hugs, Julierose
Your SAHRR is looking good!! Love those flying geese blocks.
You're bringing a lot of sunshine to brighten these winter days! (Though, admittedly, it has been sunny and we're going to have a big warm up this week.) I'll be the prospect of appointment free days is so enticing you can taste it. Have fun!
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