Whose Bright Idea Was That?

In my last post I had found two mis-matched kaleidoscope corners that needed to be ripped out and reset.  No problem.  I identified the two bad corners and where they actually belonged.  I pinned a different colored pin on each corner (one red, one white) then pinned the matching color to the block where they needed to be attached.  I figured that way I wouldn't lose track of them again.  Next step:  iron the seams flat to make it easier to rip them out.  

I didn't pay close attention where the pins were and managed to press the iron directly over the pin.  It promptly melted and adhered itself to the fabric.

Seriously.  Why make pinheads that melt at the cotton setting?

Trust the Process

I'm on a roll with the Midnight Garden quilt.  I dithered briefly about the edge blocks before plunging ahead with my original orientation.  I've panicked a few times thinking I sewed the corner to the wrong spot or cut the block the wrong way.  

 I keep telling myself:  Trust the process.   

Adding Corners

The Midnight Garden star blocks are finally getting their corners attached.  Normally I'd attach the four corners to a block and move onto the next blocks.  In this quilt, however, I'm attaching one corner to four different blocks at a time.  I attached the first handful of corners one set at a time.  This week I tried doing two at a time and briefly panicked when it appeared I sewed a corner to the wrong block.  Each kaleidoscope foursome is unique, but it turns out a few of them look really similar.

Whew.  

A Void

You wouldn't think an empty spot on my design wall would be cause for celebration but trust me, it is.  This hole indicates my first completed block in the Midnight Garden quilt.  More importantly it means I'm no longer avoiding this quilt (my shoulder and this quilt have both been a pain since mid-March).

I Like Thursday: Treasures

Not much blogging lately.  I've been busy trying to catch up on all the gardening I put off in March and April.  Then this stupid shoulder has wiped me out.  But there's progress!  And some fun stuff - so I've pulled together an entry for LeeAnna's I Like Thursday.

First up - last week I saw a deer very cautiously step out of the woods into the side yard.  I suspected she was being extra cautious because she had a fawn.  I was right!  Can you see it in that photo?  Rob and I were amazed at how TINY it was.  And it was so wobbly and unsure of itself, we figured it had to be newborn.  

We saw both of them a few days ago (I see Mama haunting the edges of the yard almost every day).  Baby has grown a lot already!

I Like Thursday: Trimmings, Trails and Trials

Thursday.  The weeks have been flying by lately.  Sharing some of the good stuff with LeeAnna and friends at I Like Thursday.  

 

I Like Thursday: Some History - Ancient and Otherwise

When am I not busy??  It's time to catch up with LeeAnna's I Like Thursday with some good things that happened recently (distract you from your doomscrolling for a bit).

My mother and I met up with some friends at the Harvard Art Museum a few weeks ago.  I was impressed with the size of the Grecian wine cups.  How full did they fill them?  I guess if you're too drunk you couldn't drink out of the flat ones?  You may have to enlarge to read the quote that was on one display - but I found it rather humorous. 

Stitching Away

I've been participating in Canuck Quilter's mystery quilt.  I was doing so well on the latest block until I started ironing the pieces.  I managed to sew one right-side to wrong-side.  D'oh!

It was a flip and stitch corner, so in addition to the required piece I also have a set of tiny 1½-inch half square triangles to use in some other project somewhere.

This will be a wall quilt when it's finished.  The steps have been quick and easy - I'm curious how it turns out.