Almost Wordless Wednesday - 1/25/12

Not sure I would buy these even if I did have a dog...



I really really did get them all done and what beautiful colors they are...



And I barely had any strings left at all. These were even too small for my Omigosh quilt which uses 1" strips



Design Wall Monday - 1/23/12

I was sew proud of myself for finishing my red strings this weekend and getting all the wings sewn on that I took at least half a dozen pictures this morning to make sure I would have something good to choose from.

Except, apparently, when the battery-almost-dead symbol is flashing it won't save any pictures.
You guys will just have to trust me. I'm good for it, I swear.

Stupid Camera. Stupid Operator. Stupid Camera.

Now I just need to make the 3.5" QST and the blue strings. WootWoot! Almost done!

UFO Friday

After being up since 1:51am and not getting home until 9am for a rescue call (FYI-Water Rescue equipment is owned by my/Castile FD and Silver Springs FD also works with us, it's not a County-wide team), I decided to take advantage of all that accumulated sick time and called in sick so I could get some sleep. I figured I would never get to sleep after the adrenaline but I briefly woke to the noon whistle and finally got up at 1pm for another rescue call. Getting home just before 3pm I figured it was finally shower time instead of another nap or I would never sleep through the night. After that I thought I would have hours to sew!!! Except... I dragged my feet and barely got much done. Phooey. I am pretty sure it's because I woke up sick again today :(

I worked on my red strings another 20 minutes and they almost all have the strings on them. I just need to cut 2 more strips and I should be done with the sewing. Just need to trim them and remove the papers.

Then I worked on my January UFO (finally, I know, we are getting to the title of this post). I had to trim each side to straighten it before I added the first border, cut out the borders and sew them on. Good grief - it felt like it took 2 hours to get that much done. I am maintaining the angled corners which takes a little more effort but I think I am going to enjoy the look. Only 2 more borders to go! I am hoping to get 1 if not both borders done this weekend.

Design Wall Monday - 1/16/12

Bonnie - we need to have a talk. What's with you and these string blocks? I spent all weekend working on those blasted red strings and they are still not done. It's sewwww hard to cut strips crooked and without really measuring so that there is enough variety. Then the sewing and the sewing and the sewing. I mean I have no problem cutting and sewing 700+ half square tri's so why oh why can't I sew a measly 64 string blocks? and then trim them? and then tear the paper off?

I have at least 1 more row of red strings to add to this pile:

And I have to remove the paper from this pile:

Now I just have to do the tiny blue string blocks for Orca Bay and the neutral string blocks for Roll Roll Cotton Boll...

Ok, the blocks are pretty - and yes, I finished 2 great audiobooks this weeked but these blocks just drive me CRAZY...

If you don't hear from me in a while...check the local loony bin...