That last shot is looking a lot like pie to me... possibly a sign someone has been Thanksgiving feasting a bit too much. My sewing machine and I spent some time on this quilt (which clearly by the title I gave to it when uploading the photo to Flickr its fate was sealed as a slooow WIP). I was delighted to discover after two months I was still able to sew! That quilt however has been a bit of a debacle from the get go. I waffled between two different methods of creating half-square triangles, my accuracy on these is pretty horrific and then in the midst of that cut my blocks 7.5'' square... for 5'' blocks. My new phrase will be measure twice cut once from now on... and make your sample block before you cut yards of fabric Lady! So after ironing all 244 of those half square triangles, I'll have to cut them down to size... to finally sew them together. I'm losing my mojo on this one. Plus someone (who shall remain nameless but has a name that starts with R and ends with B) mentioned in passing the stripes and coloring looked a bit like Charlie Brown and I've been unable to work on this quilt without thinking of that. Thanks R*b. I think the frustration with this quilt really boils down to HSTs themselves. I'd love to be able to quickly and accurately make half-square triangles, but I find that a bit elusive. The sewing on the bias, the line drawing... maybe I'm just a little protective of my sewing time and needing something a bit more fulfilling. I have a few projects I'd like to tackle in between working on my Moby Dick (that's not better than Charlie Brown is it?) quilt...
* I love Jenni's drawstring bag tutorial and even have some fabric pulled for a few of these.
* My knitting mojo which always rears its head a few times a year is back... I'm thinking I should make this sweet bag from The Sometime's Crafter.
* Purl Bee is a dangerous place to visit, I always find myself wanting to buy skeins and skeins of yarn there, but I love those cashmere scarves with all of my limited knitting skills self.
* And finally, Anna Maria Horner's Art Student Tote looks like it might become my Grad Student Tote come January. I might have just purchased this today to support small business Saturday, just maybe.
I have some ironing ahead of me today or tomorrow or next week as the spirit moves (or doesn't) me. I'm loving the time I have to spend in the loft however, and I think that's really the point... enjoy that time fully and walk away from things that fluster and drain when needed. Life lessons in sewing I do believe. Happy weekend to you!
