Friday – I know I am an addict when the first thing I check (before coffee and a bathroom stop) is Bonnie’s blog for the newest mystery clue. Looks like we are back to geese, sub assembly, and some bonus cutting for a future clue. My last color will finally come out to play. I have been such a good girl doing my house chores today before cutting, but I might have to take a break and start in on the mystery as a reward 😉 I am hoping that the bonus cutting will come into play next week as Christmas will limit what time is available to me for sewing.
At my dr appt. this week, the doc suggested I take stomach meds until the baby is born. Boy what a difference! I have been able to sleep (Wow!) at night and lying flat which is miraculous. It has been so nice to not be awake with indigestion for hours. And I even ate goulash last night for dinner!! Tomato has been avoided here for months. Spaghetti, pizza, soups etc. Can you tell I am excited? I might even tempt fate with a salad at dinner tonight.
Friday afternoon – The geese are cut and parts separated to start sewing tonight. I use empty butter/chip dip/yogurt tub to keep the pieces until I am ready. If the kids are too exuberant, I can pop the lids on to keep the cut parts from going everywhere. That top left tub is spare parts from strip ends, some triangles from setting up the geese cuts, etc. I’ll use them at the end for a signature block or a spare for charity sampler quilts.
Saturday – All the geese are sewn and awaiting a press so they can be added to the other geese. When sub assembly starts to happen, I tend to start questioning my color/value choices. I can’t wait to see more of this completed so I feel more at ease with it.
Sunday – all sewn, pressed and trimmed.
. My squares are all cut as well. I am substituting red for Bonnie’s green. Remember this is a Christmas color scheme for my quilt.
I also pulled out the crochet hook to start making new dishrags. I can crochet, but it is a slow process. Unfortunately, I had an entire laundry load of towels come out as threads. I guess we have been married long enough to wear things out. Anyway, if I want to wash dishes, some emergency crafting was in order. Here is the one I finished. I just browsed Ravelry for free patterns.
The rest of the week will be spent wrapping Christmas gifts, washing baby clothes, and trying to hand quilt. And a few more dishrags, because one in the drawer is not enough.
Linking up at Quiltville and hope to have time to see everyone’s progress as the links roll in.
I like your fabrics, I’ll bet you’ll be pleased when they come together. I like the idea of doing a Christmas quilt, I’ll be happy to see how your looks finished.
My DD and I are both doing the quilt this year, and she made me promise not to second-guess my choices before it’s done, as I tend to do that sometimes. So far, I’m happy.
Thanks for the encouragement. I bet it will be ok too. I know Bonnie was not as concerned with value, but the differences in placement jump out at me. I’ll just have to wait and see it all together. Waiting for Fridays can be so difficult!
I think your fabrics look great together. Glad the meds are working. I was lucky enough not to suffer with too much indigestion with my babies, but had morning sickness 24 hours a day for months and months. The joys LOL.