So what's with blogger these days? Suddenly I have hundreds of page views and many going back several months. Got 400 on the 20th then another 1000 just yesterday.
My plan for Stonefields is to make a 9 x 9 setting of 6 inch blocks, I am thinking about putting a larger medallion block in the center. I had this idea 8 years ago when I did several workshops with Di Ford-Hall at one of the Shipshewana quilt retreats. These are some of the blocks I have done so far. I put them up on the small design wall to see how a 12 inch border will look with all those hexie flowers. I plan to space them further apart than the pattern. Not sure yet how many will be needed.
I have been prepping a lot of the blocks and of course, a lot of hexies. Just need to cut a few more larger scale florals after I get the block prepping done. Devan has been working on her Jelly Roll Race quilt. It is suposed to take about an hour if you know what you are doing. We do not. So she has been at it for a couple of days and has almost half the strips sewn together. One delay was stitching her finger right through from top to bottom. A lot of noise happened and we found the broken needle tip, and bandaged the finger. My goodness! She has such skinny little fingers. She is taller than my Sweetie now. So about 5'6"? Ellyse is over 5'10". When did all this happen?
Another delay was the machine jamming every few flying geese I was chain piecing together. So, today Devan and I took the machine back to get it looked at. And of course, it ran perfectly. So, I brought it home, set it up and sewed a few geese together and it jammed again. Twice. Sigh. I think I am lifting the presser foot up too quickly and my left foot is hovering over the foot pedal and possibly adding just enough tiny pressure to bring the needle up and it jams. So, I started doing everything slower. No more jamming.
The girls start back to school next week and I plan to turn my focus and time on writing. This past week I have been reading back over the Morning Pages I hade been writing for the past 4 1/2 years. I have focused on the books through 2022. A lot happened that year. I turned 70 and had many unexpected, age related health issues. No wonder I did not make much progress on writing and sewing.
blessings,
Chris
G'day Chris, Not sure about the weird number of views [I haven't seen any change on mine, but then I don't think many actually read my posts anymore - too much travel - not enough sewing ;) ] but I did find a whole list of comments dating back to 2011 that got caught in a Spam filter I didn't know existed!!
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Hi Chris, lovely hexies and so many! Not lovely is that accident with the needle...hope the finger was okay afterwards and your machine issues. I hate when that happens as I am not mechanically inclined at all. Maybe the universe was sending you a message to slow down. I know I rush a lot. Happy Stitching, J
ReplyDeleteHi Chris. I’ve been reading your blog for years. I’m surprised to read you were in Shipshewana at the Di Ford classes. I was in the Giggleswick Mill class. I wish we would have met. I’m following along with your Stonefields progress. I’ve pulled out my pattern and the fabrics I collected for the project. I know Gretchen and Hanne that are also working on the quilt. I know both of them from going to the Dear Jane retreat in Shipshewana. I’m almost 6 weeks out from knee replacement surgery so don’t know how much I can do now, but I’m hoping to work along with all of you. LuAnn
ReplyDeleteWwe did meet at that retreat. I am the one with the rollator that kept getting in the way. I have followed your blog. Especially the Lucy boston tutorials.
DeleteOh no on the finger! Yikes. I'm glad she is still willing to sew. Typical machine, works perfectly fine when you bring it into the shop. Glad you figured out how to remedy it at home. I rarely check the stats on my blog but did today and thought the numbers were way off, on the high range. Either they have a bug in their reporting or there are spam bot's running amuck. Hope you have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteLots of work happening there .... lovely blocks.
ReplyDeleteYour stone fields will look more like flower meadows in those pretty fabrics.
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