Ooops

April 23, 2020

Well I had a cunning plan. I knew (ha ha ha) I would finish this weeks borders yesterday so I figured I would delay blogging to post that. Then I didn’t finish and it got late and I played with a dog. The plan was good though honest.

Despite today being Thorsday and thus the day I clean all our floors, I somehow decided that wasn’t enough housekeeping type stuff and unpacked the last of my boxes of clothes. I also discovered 4 more magical mystery boxes from the packers. Those went back in the cupboard and can wait for the next random burst of enthusiasm, at least all of my clothes are now hung up. The reason those boxes had sat was they are the hanging clothes and those I wear much less. I was missing a couple of items I actually wanted, and those haven’t turned up, which is a little worrying. On the other hand I rediscovered some items I hadn’t missed but have put straight into service. Before we moved I did slim down my clothes a lot so I just assumed what I had now was what I had.  Those 2 projects took all morning.

This afternoon I have finished this weeks part of my quilt. It was my 5th idea that made it this time. I knew before I even saw this weeks instructions that I wanted something easier than last week. Ideally less pieces. My first idea was to put 1″ of black all the way around then a border of half square triangles then another 1″ of black. The sides dont divide by 2 so that would have been a pain. OK so next I thought foundation piece 2″ spikes for the space between the 2 black strips. Nope that’s a lot of pieces again. Well maybe a scrappy border made on till roll of all the bits I have hanging about, but then I couldn’t be sure to get triangles. Then I had the idea to use plain borders with pieced triangle corners. I nearly started drafting spiral log cabin triangles and remebered again lots of pieces. Then a free gift from a quilt show came to mind and led to these borders.

The free gift was papers for making 1.5″ finished half square triangles from 5″ squares of fabric. It worked pretty well and was certainly quick. The accuracy I would call acceptable. They aren’t spot on but for quick and dirty they are great. Of course they aren’t actually the right size for what I needed but a tiny border fixed that issue. So there we go, Thursday and I have this weeks borders done. Tomorrow I can do a bit of quilting then I can grab one of my other in progress projects for a couple of days. Not sure which one, but trust me I have no shortage to choose from. It would be handy if I could finish something and empty a box for this quilt but that may be a little too ambitious for 2 days. I guess I can have a look.