So I haven't been writing much, because I've been sewing! Since I got my new machine, I've been working on a new quilt, finished up some old ufos, and oh yeah, I did clean out my sewing area. Someone recently told me that if you have more than one sewing machine, that makes it a studio instead of a sewing room.
I've been working on a quilt project that I picked up while doing the East Central Illinois Fabric Shop Hop in July. It requires the use of Thangles. In case you don't know what they are (www.thangles.com), they're pieces of paper that you pin to your fabric, and then sew on the dotted lines. It's supposed to help with the construction of half square triangles.
Now, I don't claim to be the best quilter in the world, but I don't think HST's are difficult...but I DO think that having to pin 2 pieces of material plus a piece of paper on top is tricky. I haven't noticed any improvement on my triangles, but mine didn't look bad to begin with. What I don't like about this project is that instead of doing flying geese blocks, which is what it's supposed to look like, we have to use the thangles and piece 2 hst's together to get one flying geese unit. Weird, and I doubt if I continue piecing them this way. Triangles are just not that hard, especially if you measure and then square up the blocks (something I end up doing, Thangles or not!).
Listening to: Sarah Vaughan - If You Could See Me Now
Reading: The Viking instruction manual
Drinking: water