Out of Practise

It's a bit scary isn't it? Stop sewing for a while and end up right back at the beginning. At least I had the right sides together I suppose.


I had a good think earlier about cleaning out the walk in pantry (ie pretty big with a bench in there etc), then I thought 'or I can sew, even though the temp up there is about 36 deg C'. It only took about a nanosecond to make up my mind. I am making these blocks with 2 inch strips (1 1/2 inch finished squares). The original has 1 inch finished squares. There are some checkerboard blocks with only 2 fabrics, and quite a few with more fabrics, but they are still laid out with some sort of order. I can imagine the original maker with all her little squares trying to make the blocks look planned, and she has done a good job. Some blocks have fabrics of almost the same value, some are bordered in a dark blue, one has a 9 patch right in the middle of the block with a lighter fabric, then the rest of the block has just the 2 fabrics.

I need something easy and fast to get going again, but then I spend so much time trying to choose fabrics that I have decided to just go to the stash and choose something quickly, and just go for it.

Then all I need to do is sew them together right...