so I'm doing up alternates of the BOM I'm participating in at LQS and this month's block is a flower basket and therefore a bunch of HST so I figure perfect for chain piecing! I've got everything all cut out for my 8 alternate blocks and I've got my seam lines marked and away I go.
Come to find out sewing 40 HST's makes the foot pedal of the ol' Genie quite hot ;-)
And then there is the cutting in half while holding the straight edge down with the left hand. Quite fatiguing.
And now DH says it is time to go to bed and I'm not half done with pressing the seams.
Oh well, at least this way I'm guaranteed not to have a sore back or legs from standing at the ironing board for all 80 at once ;-)