What? I sew too?
You could all be forgiven for thinking I don’t sew anymore. It’s been a while since I’ve showed you any quilt blocks. I have done some, just not as much as knitting. Knitting is a lot easier to sit down and just do a little. With sewing I feel I need to have a bit more time and be a bit more organised.
But in little snatches of time before I moved I finally finished Block 9 of moonglow. It’s really rather embarassing to think how long they were waiting for the border to be attached. Please ignore the puffy middle. I’m hoping the points will look right once the blocks have been ironed.
And I also started the first of block 10.
I spent a day one weekend not long after I moved sitting and cutting pieces for FWQ. I love having several blocks cut out and envelopes numbered. I’m much more likely to sew when I feel like it if I don’t have to cut out the pieces first. So the other week I spent my evenings after work doing a little sewing. And have three more blocks to show for my troubles.
I’m now quite a way ahead of Nicki, so once I finsh the block that is half done, these will get a little break so she can catch up. We’re going to have a cutting party to get her lots of envelopes of blocks ready to sew together. She agreed that it was the digging out fabric and cutting the pieces that had kept stopping her from sewing on them. After all, the cutting is the boring part. So we’re going to make it fun and try and get a good 50 blocks ready for her to sew. While catching up on goss.
Now this evening moonglow is calling. But when I cut out all the coloured pieces for all the blocks, I didn’t cut out the black background pieces. So it all depends whether I can be bothered cutting them tonight. Or pick up the scarf I started knitting last night.
And since I’m finally showing some sewing. And on a Friday too. I’m linking up to the handmade parade.
Have a good weekend everyone. And happy Friday 13th from me and my very black cat Macros 
Categories: Farmer's Wife, Moonglow
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July 13th, 2012 at 8:29 pm
Love the colors
Those blocks look hard and complicated–but very pretty!
July 13th, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Beautiful blocks! Fantastic piecing on the moon glow blocks. The pieces looks tiny, how big are they? Lovely Farmer’s Wife blocks too, how many blocks have you done so far? I’ve never seen them in batik prints before, love the colours you’ve used in yours and looking forward to seeing more of your FWQ progress.
July 13th, 2012 at 11:43 pm
Your blocks look great – lovely colours
July 14th, 2012 at 11:17 am
Your blocks are beautiful and the colours are wonderful! (I feel the same way about envelopes filled with fabric pieces!)
July 16th, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Wow those are gorgeous blocks!!! Love the colours you are using.