F8

At one point in construction, F stood for a number of things - those side diamonds were a pain. And I'm off in the upper right corner. Oh well, sashing will fix that little boo boo.

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Dear Jane scared me for awhile

I got myself back in the sewing room tonight - it's been awhile. I've been eyeing this block for awhile, with fear. Then I did it - took about 1 hour and I'm happy with the results. Lesson learned - don't be afraid.

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The Dear Jane blocks

These are the Dear Jane blocks I couldn't post on Sunday. I can only post photos if I uploade them to Picassa web albums first - anyone else having that problem?

 

 

 

 

Dear Jane

I set myself down at the sewing table tonight after all my house blessing (aka cooking and cleaning up) jobs were finished.
I have two more Dear Jane blocks done - they are fiddly and have tiny pieces. And it didn't help that I burned a finger and thumb cooking supper - I took the bandaids off cause they were interfering with my sewing! And my finger is fine.

Imagine A13 and C10 inserted right here.

For some reason I can't uploade photos from my computer right now. I had this problem once before I don't remember how I fixed it. I'll try for the photos tomorrow.

I found a new website with some instructions that are different that the other website I was using. Somewhere between the two sites and my own creativity I can figure out how to do the block.

Right now, I'm really jealous of my friend L who has found a lot more time to sew than I'm finding right now.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and best wishes for 2013!

I'm not making any resolutions yet - maybe in a week or two when I've thought about it a little more.

I'm now caught up for November for Dear Jane. I finished this one last night.

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I find these triangle pieces pesky to make - a lot of paper piecing that is fiddly to do and they always seem kinda crooked in the end.

I've looked ahead to the December blocks for Dear Jane - they are tricky and fiddly too - lots of small pieces.

New Year's Eve

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Back in the Sewing Chair, new house, work pile

It has been a busy few weeks. I moved - and pulled my back out in the process. The move carried on and my back is healing. It might have been for the best cause that forced me to slow down a bit. I'll reveal my new sewing room in another post.

Before Christmas I made these hand and feet printed tea-towels with my nieces (aged 3 and 4) to give as gifts. We had a blast and they turned out okay.

Rudolph - his red nose is a bit hard to see

Christmas trees

and angels, which also look like ghosts

I'd like to start a tradition of making something with them each year, specifically at Christmas time.

My marking pile is 10" tall on the fat side - so I need to get working on it too.

And I tried out my  new sewing room with a Dear Jane block last night - now only 23 behind.

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