Yesterday Libby & Mary Lynne came over to sew. Oh my gosh, I forgot how much fun spending a day sewing with friends is-- especially in the dead of winter when the temps are in the frigid ridiculous zone!
The night before I moved the sewing cabinets and added a table so we could sew and gab with ease.
They arrived at 9:30 and stayed until 3.
First Libby shared a little show-n-tell; her granddaughter is making her 1st communion in a few months and each child has a banner at their seat. Libby made Ella's
And a new baby quilt; the plain blocks have embroidery on them but my camera didn't pick it up.
When I invited them over to sew, Mary Lynne asked if I would teach them the Interleave technique.
Here is Mary Lynne's. She choose the Mirrored Sine Wave pattern
And here's Libby's. She did the Helix Sine Wave pattern.
I finished trimming all my Metro Rings units. In spite of heavy chatting I managed to get them trimmed without mishap.
I also had to take apart and rotate one block in my Metro Hoops top. After I had blogged about the finish, someone was kind enough to let me know one block was turned--whew! See it down there bottom row next to the right corner. I doubt I would have seen it although now that I look at the picture it's glaring at me!!
But now it's fixed.
We are planning on making these sew days a regular event.
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After the ladies left, I did some quilting. I'm doing a paisley fill behind the appliques and in that little center square area I cross hatched -the lines are 3/8 inch apart-yikes.
I'm still just Stitching-in-the-Ditch on on the star blocks and along all the border seams. The plan is to do a fill in the background (light green batik) areas around the star blocks.
Oh and the batting and quilt are off the ground...always a nice sign that the end is closer than I thought. I would really like to get this done over the weekend.
Wow-an achievable goal! The question is: Will I persevere or start 2 or 3 new projects instead?
Fun times, fun times!
Life is good.
