My Dad had just passed away when Els visited and my Mom passed away in January of 2012. I lost interest in working on it that winter as my Mom was always so interested in the progress of these blocks. And, then it became "out of sight, out of mind"! This year, I realized that I had started this quilt in 2007 with the idea that it would be my 10 year project! Yikes....this is 2017!
A few friends here in town were also motivated again to keep working on our quilts and we decided to do a once a month get together to spur one another on. I have a lot of work to do to get this quilt together by the end of the year!! I now have 62 blocks finished.
This morning Beth and I worked on our blocks and I got one completed. Last month, Jane and I got a block done as well and I also finished an easy one which I found while getting organized for our monthly get togethers. I got my hand crank machine out for some paper piecing and here are the results:
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| Paper piecing DJ blocks on my Singer 28 handcrank. I received this machine from a lady named Jane :-). |
I didn't get the points lined up too well on this block, but I'll let it languish in the binder until I decide if it bothers me enough to redo it. It will never be noticed from the proverbial galloping horse in the overall scheme of things :-).
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| A 12 Framed Fancy |
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| B 13 Four Corner Press |
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| I 12 Fred's Fair Square |
1 comment:
Lovely machine. Small, but pretty blocks. Good luck on finishing it.
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