Probably not the best way to title a blog post, but it's the truth. I miscalculated TWICE today. The first time wasn't so bad; I thought I had 10 blocks left to do in the final BB quilt - nope, it was 11. Then, I went to make a flying geese block and had to add borders to the sides so that it would measure 9.5" x 9.5". I over cut the borders so that I could trim down after sewing them on ( saved me from struggling with that particular math problem)... then I folded the block in half and laid it on the cutting mat with the fold along the zero line and proceeded to trim it to 4 1/4".... THEN realized that 4 1/4 plus 4 1/4 DOES NOT equal 9 1/2"... arghhhh. I took off one border and stitched on a new wider one which got the block to the required size. It looks uneven, but it will be fine since the background of the block is the same fabric as what I'm using for sashing and border - it will give the geese more of an illusion of floating/flying.
When I started out today, I remembered to go look for my hand weights after being reminded that they work great for holding the far end of your long ruler down while you're trying to cut fabric. It took a couple of minutes of digging, but I found them. While on the way to my sewing room, I was looking them over for something saying what they each weigh.... nada. So, I pulled out the bathroom scales ( the ones with the BIG numbers) and put a weight on it - nothing. hmmm so I stood on it them, still nothing. Ok, needs a new battery.... I have to go find one then have to figure out how to get the case open ( teeny tiny phillips head screw and my teeny tiny screwdrivers are all flatheads)... got that worked out, put in new battery... stepped on the scales - yep, they work now. Stepped off and put the hand weight back on - still nada. I give up - I really don't NEED to know how much they weigh. Back to the sewing room.
I must not have taken a photo of one of the finished blocks, because I know that I needed 11 and that now I only need 3 - unless my math is off AGAIN....
Ooo! and I got a pkg from Norway in the mail today... well, actually an envelope... with a pattern I had ordered earlier this month... two weeks ago today to be exact. I really didn't expect it to be here this soon.
I LOVE IT!!! can't wait to do it... but wait I must - at least until I get the final BB quilt done. I think I'm going to have to find some pale gray for the background.....oh yeah - the instructions are NOT in English, but I think I can figure it out. The gnomes/tomtemys and the tree are all applique ( patterns for them included), I just need to convert the metric measurements into inches - and hope that my math doesn't screw me up again.
Well, guess that's it for tonight... need to go shut down everything in my sewing room and go change the sheets on my bed IF I can get Buddy off it long enough lol.
take care....
ttyl
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